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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix of dcache race leading to busy inodes on umount
>>This patch fixes dcache race between shrink_dcache_XXX functions
>>and dput().
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>
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>>-void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
>>+static void dput_recursive(struct dentry *dentry, struct dcache_shrinker *ds)
>> {
>>- if (!dentry)
>>- return;
>>-
>>-repeat:
>> if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) == 1)
>> might_sleep();
>> if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&dentry->d_count, &dcache_lock))
>> return;
>>+ dcache_shrinker_del(ds);
>>
>>+repeat:
>> spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
>> if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count)) {
>> spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
>>@@ -182,6 +253,7 @@ unhash_it:
>>
>> kill_it: {
>> struct dentry *parent;
>>+ struct dcache_shrinker lds;
>>
>> /* If dentry was on d_lru list
>> * delete it from there
>>@@ -191,18 +263,43 @@ kill_it: {
>> dentry_stat.nr_unused--;
>> }
>> list_del(&dentry->d_child);
>>+ parent = dentry->d_parent;
>>+ dcache_shrinker_add(&lds, parent, dentry);
>> dentry_stat.nr_dentry--; /* For d_free, below */
>> /*drops the locks, at that point nobody can reach this dentry */
>> dentry_iput(dentry);
>>- parent = dentry->d_parent;
>> d_free(dentry);
>> if (dentry == parent)
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>
> Aren't we leaving local variable `lds' on the global list here?
yup, my fault.
You patch solves this.

Kirill

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