From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
To: brauner@kernel.org
Cc: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, jack@suse.cz,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
yi1.lai@linux.intel.com, Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:47:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260114094717.236202-1-mjguzik@gmail.com> (raw)
This is the only routine which instead skipped instead of waiting.
The current behavior is arguably a bug as it results in a corner case
where the inode hash can have *two* matching inodes, one of which is on
its way out.
Ironing out this difference is an incremental step towards sanitizing
the API.
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- add a way to avoid the rcu dance in __wait_on_freeing_inode
fs/inode.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 8a47c4da603f..a4cfe9182a7c 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1028,19 +1028,20 @@ long prune_icache_sb(struct super_block *sb, struct shrink_control *sc)
return freed;
}
-static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode, bool is_inode_hash_locked);
+static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode, bool hash_locked, bool rcu_locked);
+
/*
* Called with the inode lock held.
*/
static struct inode *find_inode(struct super_block *sb,
struct hlist_head *head,
int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),
- void *data, bool is_inode_hash_locked,
+ void *data, bool hash_locked,
bool *isnew)
{
struct inode *inode = NULL;
- if (is_inode_hash_locked)
+ if (hash_locked)
lockdep_assert_held(&inode_hash_lock);
else
lockdep_assert_not_held(&inode_hash_lock);
@@ -1054,7 +1055,7 @@ static struct inode *find_inode(struct super_block *sb,
continue;
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (inode_state_read(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
- __wait_on_freeing_inode(inode, is_inode_hash_locked);
+ __wait_on_freeing_inode(inode, hash_locked, true);
goto repeat;
}
if (unlikely(inode_state_read(inode) & I_CREATING)) {
@@ -1078,11 +1079,11 @@ static struct inode *find_inode(struct super_block *sb,
*/
static struct inode *find_inode_fast(struct super_block *sb,
struct hlist_head *head, unsigned long ino,
- bool is_inode_hash_locked, bool *isnew)
+ bool hash_locked, bool *isnew)
{
struct inode *inode = NULL;
- if (is_inode_hash_locked)
+ if (hash_locked)
lockdep_assert_held(&inode_hash_lock);
else
lockdep_assert_not_held(&inode_hash_lock);
@@ -1096,7 +1097,7 @@ static struct inode *find_inode_fast(struct super_block *sb,
continue;
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (inode_state_read(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
- __wait_on_freeing_inode(inode, is_inode_hash_locked);
+ __wait_on_freeing_inode(inode, hash_locked, true);
goto repeat;
}
if (unlikely(inode_state_read(inode) & I_CREATING)) {
@@ -1832,16 +1833,13 @@ int insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode)
while (1) {
struct inode *old = NULL;
spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
+repeat:
hlist_for_each_entry(old, head, i_hash) {
if (old->i_ino != ino)
continue;
if (old->i_sb != sb)
continue;
spin_lock(&old->i_lock);
- if (inode_state_read(old) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
- spin_unlock(&old->i_lock);
- continue;
- }
break;
}
if (likely(!old)) {
@@ -1852,6 +1850,11 @@ int insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode)
spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
return 0;
}
+ if (inode_state_read(old) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
+ __wait_on_freeing_inode(old, true, false);
+ old = NULL;
+ goto repeat;
+ }
if (unlikely(inode_state_read(old) & I_CREATING)) {
spin_unlock(&old->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
@@ -2522,16 +2525,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_needs_sync);
* wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW) after removing from the hash list
* will DTRT.
*/
-static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode, bool is_inode_hash_locked)
+static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode, bool hash_locked, bool rcu_locked)
{
struct wait_bit_queue_entry wqe;
struct wait_queue_head *wq_head;
+ VFS_BUG_ON(!hash_locked && !rcu_locked);
+
/*
* Handle racing against evict(), see that routine for more details.
*/
if (unlikely(inode_unhashed(inode))) {
- WARN_ON(is_inode_hash_locked);
+ WARN_ON(hash_locked);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
return;
}
@@ -2539,14 +2544,16 @@ static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode, bool is_inode_hash_lock
wq_head = inode_bit_waitqueue(&wqe, inode, __I_NEW);
prepare_to_wait_event(wq_head, &wqe.wq_entry, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- rcu_read_unlock();
- if (is_inode_hash_locked)
+ if (rcu_locked)
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (hash_locked)
spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
schedule();
finish_wait(wq_head, &wqe.wq_entry);
- if (is_inode_hash_locked)
+ if (hash_locked)
spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
- rcu_read_lock();
+ if (rcu_locked)
+ rcu_read_lock();
}
static __initdata unsigned long ihash_entries;
--
2.48.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-14 9:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-14 9:47 Mateusz Guzik [this message]
2026-01-14 15:56 ` [PATCH v2] fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction Christian Brauner
2026-01-14 17:53 ` Jan Kara
2026-03-13 1:59 ` Lai, Yi
2026-03-14 9:12 ` Mateusz Guzik
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