dcache: use IS_ROOT to decide where dentry is hashed
Every hashed dentry is either hashed in the dentry_hashtable, or a
superblock's s_anon list.
__d_drop() assumes it can determine which is the case by checking
DCACHE_DISCONNECTED; this is not true.
It is true that when DCACHE_DISCONNECTED is cleared, the dentry is not
only hashed on dentry_hashtable, but is fully connected to its parents
back to the root.
But the converse is *not* true: fs/exportfs/expfs.c:reconnect_path()
attempts to connect a directory (found by filehandle lookup) back to
root by ascending to parents and performing lookups one at a time. It
does not clear DCACHE_DISCONNECTED until it's done, and that is not at
all an atomic process.
In particular, it is possible for DCACHE_DISCONNECTED to be set on a
dentry which is hashed on the dentry_hashtable.
Instead, use IS_ROOT() to check which hash chain a dentry is on. This
*does* work:
Dentries are hashed only by:
- d_obtain_alias, which adds an IS_ROOT() dentry to sb_anon.
- __d_rehash, called by _d_rehash: hashes to the dentry's
parent, and all callers of _d_rehash appear to have d_parent
set to a "real" parent.
- __d_rehash, called by __d_move: rehashes the moved dentry to
hash chain determined by target, and assigns target's d_parent
to its d_parent, before dropping the dentry's d_lock.
Therefore I believe it's safe for a holder of a dentry's d_lock to
assume that it is hashed on sb_anon if and only if IS_ROOT(dentry) is
true.
I believe the incorrect assumption about DCACHE_DISCONNECTED was
originally introduced by ceb5bdc2d246 "fs: dcache per-bucket dcache hash
locking".
Also add a comment while we're here.
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 525770e..c2add37 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -503,7 +503,12 @@
{
if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) {
struct hlist_bl_head *b;
- if (unlikely(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED))
+ /*
+ * Hashed dentries are normally on the dentry hashtable,
+ * with the exception of those newly allocated by
+ * d_obtain_alias, which are always IS_ROOT:
+ */
+ if (unlikely(IS_ROOT(dentry)))
b = &dentry->d_sb->s_anon;
else
b = d_hash(dentry->d_parent, dentry->d_name.hash);
