2002-07-03 15:59:44

by Matthew Wilcox

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Subject: [PATCH] use list_* functions better in dcache.c


This patch changes how dentry_unused is managed. It used to be that it
was walked in reverse order, but there's no convenient list macro to do
that safely. So I changed it to walk forwards. I've also included a
few list_move / list_move_tail macros, where they made sense.

shrink_dcache_sb had different behavior to prune_dcache -- it ignored
dentries on the dentry_unused with an active d_count, whereas prune_dcache
did a BUG(). shrink_dcache_sb now does a BUG() too on the basis that
prune_dcache would get to that dentry at some point too. It also doesn't
seem necessary to make two passes over this list any more.

Comments?

--- linux-2.5.24/fs/dcache.c Thu Jun 20 16:53:45 2002
+++ linux-2.5.24-flock/fs/dcache.c Wed Jul 3 09:46:16 2002
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/cache.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>

#include <asm/uaccess.h>

@@ -48,6 +49,14 @@ static kmem_cache_t *dentry_cache;
static unsigned int d_hash_mask;
static unsigned int d_hash_shift;
static struct list_head *dentry_hashtable;
+
+/*
+ * dentry_unused is a double ended queue. prune_dcache walks the list
+ * forwards, removing items from it as it deletes them. other functions add
+ * to the head if they want their dentries deleted early (eg shrink_*)
+ * and to the tail if they want them deleted late (eg dput). It's
+ * protected by the dcache_lock.
+ */
static LIST_HEAD(dentry_unused);

/* Statistics gathering. */
@@ -135,7 +144,7 @@ repeat:
/* Unreachable? Get rid of it */
if (list_empty(&dentry->d_hash))
goto kill_it;
- list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
+ list_add_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
return;
@@ -327,24 +336,22 @@ static inline void prune_one_dentry(stru

void prune_dcache(int count)
{
+ struct list_head *entry, *next;
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
- for (;;) {
- struct dentry *dentry;
- struct list_head *tmp;
-
- tmp = dentry_unused.prev;
-
- if (tmp == &dentry_unused)
- break;
- list_del_init(tmp);
- dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
+ list_for_each_safe(entry, next, &dentry_unused) {
+ struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(entry, struct dentry, d_lru);

/* If the dentry was recently referenced, don't free it. */
if (dentry->d_vfs_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED) {
dentry->d_vfs_flags &= ~DCACHE_REFERENCED;
- list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
- continue;
+ if (likely(entry->next != &dentry_unused)) {
+ list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
+ continue;
+ }
}
+
+ list_del_init(entry);
+
dentry_stat.nr_unused--;

/* Unused dentry with a count? */
@@ -382,42 +389,18 @@ void prune_dcache(int count)

void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block * sb)
{
- struct list_head *tmp, *next;
- struct dentry *dentry;
-
- /*
- * Pass one ... move the dentries for the specified
- * superblock to the most recent end of the unused list.
- */
- spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
- next = dentry_unused.next;
- while (next != &dentry_unused) {
- tmp = next;
- next = tmp->next;
- dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
- if (dentry->d_sb != sb)
- continue;
- list_del(tmp);
- list_add(tmp, &dentry_unused);
- }
-
- /*
- * Pass two ... free the dentries for this superblock.
- */
-repeat:
- next = dentry_unused.next;
- while (next != &dentry_unused) {
- tmp = next;
- next = tmp->next;
- dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
+ struct list_head *entry, *next;
+
+ list_for_each_safe(entry, next, &dentry_unused) {
+ struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(entry, struct dentry, d_lru);
if (dentry->d_sb != sb)
continue;
+ /* Unused dentry with a count? */
if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count))
- continue;
+ BUG();
dentry_stat.nr_unused--;
- list_del_init(tmp);
+ list_del_init(entry);
prune_one_dentry(dentry);
- goto repeat;
}
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
}
@@ -476,8 +459,8 @@ positive:

/*
* Search the dentry child list for the specified parent,
- * and move any unused dentries to the end of the unused
- * list for prune_dcache(). We descend to the next level
+ * and move any unused dentries to where prune_dcache()
+ * will find them first. We descend to the next level
* whenever the d_subdirs list is non-empty and continue
* searching.
*/
@@ -496,8 +479,7 @@ resume:
struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_child);
next = tmp->next;
if (!atomic_read(&dentry->d_count)) {
- list_del(&dentry->d_lru);
- list_add(&dentry->d_lru, dentry_unused.prev);
+ list_move(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
found++;
}
/*
@@ -560,8 +542,7 @@ void shrink_dcache_anon(struct list_head
list_for_each(lp, head) {
struct dentry *this = list_entry(lp, struct dentry, d_hash);
if (!atomic_read(&this->d_count)) {
- list_del(&this->d_lru);
- list_add_tail(&this->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
+ list_move(&this->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
found++;
}
}

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2002-07-03 18:02:18

by Paul Menage

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] use list_* functions better in dcache.c

>@@ -382,42 +389,18 @@ void prune_dcache(int count)
>
> void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block * sb)
> {
>- struct list_head *tmp, *next;
>- struct dentry *dentry;
>-
>- /*
>- * Pass one ... move the dentries for the specified
>- * superblock to the most recent end of the unused list.
>- */
>- spin_lock(&dcache_lock);

Oops - you're walking dentry_unused without holding dcache_lock ...

>- next = dentry_unused.next;
>- while (next != &dentry_unused) {
>- tmp = next;
>- next = tmp->next;
>- dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
>- if (dentry->d_sb != sb)
>- continue;
>- list_del(tmp);
>- list_add(tmp, &dentry_unused);
>- }
>-
>- /*
>- * Pass two ... free the dentries for this superblock.
>- */
>-repeat:
>- next = dentry_unused.next;
>- while (next != &dentry_unused) {
>- tmp = next;
>- next = tmp->next;
>- dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
>+ struct list_head *entry, *next;
>+
>+ list_for_each_safe(entry, next, &dentry_unused) {
>+ struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(entry, struct dentry, d_lru);
> if (dentry->d_sb != sb)

2002-07-03 19:23:51

by Matthew Wilcox

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] use list_* functions better in dcache.c

On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:04:21AM -0700, Paul Menage wrote:
> Oops - you're walking dentry_unused without holding dcache_lock ...

Worse -- I didn't intend to delete this spin_lock, so I had an unmatched
spin_unlock at the end of this function ... wonder why the machine hasn't
crashed on me yet ;-)

Good catch; updated patch follows:

--- linux-2.5.24/fs/dcache.c Thu Jun 20 16:53:45 2002
+++ linux-2.5.24-flock/fs/dcache.c Wed Jul 3 13:01:18 2002
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/cache.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>

#include <asm/uaccess.h>

@@ -48,6 +49,14 @@ static kmem_cache_t *dentry_cache;
static unsigned int d_hash_mask;
static unsigned int d_hash_shift;
static struct list_head *dentry_hashtable;
+
+/*
+ * dentry_unused is a double ended queue. prune_dcache walks the list
+ * forwards, removing items from it as it deletes them. other functions add
+ * to the head if they want their dentries deleted early (eg shrink_*)
+ * and to the tail if they want them deleted late (eg dput). It's
+ * protected by the dcache_lock.
+ */
static LIST_HEAD(dentry_unused);

/* Statistics gathering. */
@@ -135,7 +144,7 @@ repeat:
/* Unreachable? Get rid of it */
if (list_empty(&dentry->d_hash))
goto kill_it;
- list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
+ list_add_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
return;
@@ -327,24 +336,22 @@ static inline void prune_one_dentry(stru

void prune_dcache(int count)
{
+ struct list_head *entry, *next;
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
- for (;;) {
- struct dentry *dentry;
- struct list_head *tmp;
-
- tmp = dentry_unused.prev;
-
- if (tmp == &dentry_unused)
- break;
- list_del_init(tmp);
- dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
+ list_for_each_safe(entry, next, &dentry_unused) {
+ struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(entry, struct dentry, d_lru);

/* If the dentry was recently referenced, don't free it. */
if (dentry->d_vfs_flags & DCACHE_REFERENCED) {
dentry->d_vfs_flags &= ~DCACHE_REFERENCED;
- list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
- continue;
+ if (likely(entry->next != &dentry_unused)) {
+ list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
+ continue;
+ }
}
+
+ list_del_init(entry);
+
dentry_stat.nr_unused--;

/* Unused dentry with a count? */
@@ -382,42 +389,19 @@ void prune_dcache(int count)

void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block * sb)
{
- struct list_head *tmp, *next;
- struct dentry *dentry;
-
- /*
- * Pass one ... move the dentries for the specified
- * superblock to the most recent end of the unused list.
- */
+ struct list_head *entry, *next;
+
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
- next = dentry_unused.next;
- while (next != &dentry_unused) {
- tmp = next;
- next = tmp->next;
- dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
- if (dentry->d_sb != sb)
- continue;
- list_del(tmp);
- list_add(tmp, &dentry_unused);
- }
-
- /*
- * Pass two ... free the dentries for this superblock.
- */
-repeat:
- next = dentry_unused.next;
- while (next != &dentry_unused) {
- tmp = next;
- next = tmp->next;
- dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
+ list_for_each_safe(entry, next, &dentry_unused) {
+ struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(entry, struct dentry, d_lru);
if (dentry->d_sb != sb)
continue;
+ /* Unused dentry with a count? */
if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count))
- continue;
+ BUG();
dentry_stat.nr_unused--;
- list_del_init(tmp);
+ list_del_init(entry);
prune_one_dentry(dentry);
- goto repeat;
}
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
}
@@ -476,8 +460,8 @@ positive:

/*
* Search the dentry child list for the specified parent,
- * and move any unused dentries to the end of the unused
- * list for prune_dcache(). We descend to the next level
+ * and move any unused dentries to where prune_dcache()
+ * will find them first. We descend to the next level
* whenever the d_subdirs list is non-empty and continue
* searching.
*/
@@ -496,8 +480,7 @@ resume:
struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_child);
next = tmp->next;
if (!atomic_read(&dentry->d_count)) {
- list_del(&dentry->d_lru);
- list_add(&dentry->d_lru, dentry_unused.prev);
+ list_move(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
found++;
}
/*
@@ -560,8 +543,7 @@ void shrink_dcache_anon(struct list_head
list_for_each(lp, head) {
struct dentry *this = list_entry(lp, struct dentry, d_hash);
if (!atomic_read(&this->d_count)) {
- list_del(&this->d_lru);
- list_add_tail(&this->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
+ list_move(&this->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
found++;
}
}

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