Adding a percpu_counter nr_dentry avoids cache line ping pongs
between cpus to maintain this metric, and dcache_lock is
no more needed to protect dentry_stat.nr_dentry

We centralize nr_dentry updates at the right place :
- increments in d_alloc()
- decrements in d_free()

d_alloc() can avoid taking dcache_lock if parent is NULL

("socketallocbench -n8" result : 27.5s to 25s)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
---
 fs/dcache.c        |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 include/linux/fs.h |    2 +
 kernel/sysctl.c    |    2 -
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index fa1ba03..f463a81 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -61,12 +61,31 @@ static struct kmem_cache *dentry_cache __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int d_hash_mask __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int d_hash_shift __read_mostly;
 static struct hlist_head *dentry_hashtable __read_mostly;
+static struct percpu_counter nr_dentry;
 
 /* Statistics gathering. */
 struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat = {
        .age_limit = 45,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Handle nr_dentry sysctl
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL) && defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS)
+int proc_nr_dentry(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+                  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       dentry_stat.nr_dentry = percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nr_dentry);
+       return proc_dointvec(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+}
+#else
+int proc_nr_dentry(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+                  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       return -ENOSYS;
+}
+#endif
+
 static void __d_free(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
        WARN_ON(!list_empty(&dentry->d_alias));
@@ -82,8 +101,7 @@ static void d_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 }
 
 /*
- * no dcache_lock, please.  The caller must decrement dentry_stat.nr_dentry
- * inside dcache_lock.
+ * no dcache_lock, please.
  */
 static void d_free(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
@@ -94,6 +112,7 @@ static void d_free(struct dentry *dentry)
                __d_free(dentry);
        else
                call_rcu(&dentry->d_u.d_rcu, d_callback);
+       percpu_counter_dec(&nr_dentry);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -172,7 +191,6 @@ static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
        struct dentry *parent;
 
        list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
-       dentry_stat.nr_dentry--;        /* For d_free, below */
        /*drops the locks, at that point nobody can reach this dentry */
        dentry_iput(dentry);
        if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
@@ -619,7 +637,6 @@ void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block * sb)
 static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
        struct dentry *parent;
-       unsigned detached = 0;
 
        BUG_ON(!IS_ROOT(dentry));
 
@@ -678,7 +695,6 @@ static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry 
*dentry)
                        }
 
                        list_del(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
-                       detached++;
 
                        inode = dentry->d_inode;
                        if (inode) {
@@ -696,7 +712,7 @@ static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry 
*dentry)
                         * otherwise we ascend to the parent and move to the
                         * next sibling if there is one */
                        if (!parent)
-                               goto out;
+                               return;
 
                        dentry = parent;
 
@@ -705,11 +721,6 @@ static void shrink_dcache_for_umount_subtree(struct dentry 
*dentry)
                dentry = list_entry(dentry->d_subdirs.next,
                                    struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
        }
-out:
-       /* several dentries were freed, need to correct nr_dentry */
-       spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-       dentry_stat.nr_dentry -= detached;
-       spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -943,8 +954,6 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc(struct dentry * parent, const struct 
qstr *name)
        dentry->d_flags = DCACHE_UNHASHED;
        spin_lock_init(&dentry->d_lock);
        dentry->d_inode = NULL;
-       dentry->d_parent = NULL;
-       dentry->d_sb = NULL;
        dentry->d_op = NULL;
        dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
        dentry->d_mounted = 0;
@@ -959,16 +968,15 @@ struct dentry *d_alloc(struct dentry * parent, const 
struct qstr *name)
        if (parent) {
                dentry->d_parent = dget(parent);
                dentry->d_sb = parent->d_sb;
+               spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+               list_add(&dentry->d_u.d_child, &parent->d_subdirs);
+               spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
        } else {
+               dentry->d_parent = NULL;
+               dentry->d_sb = NULL;
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
        }
-
-       spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-       if (parent)
-               list_add(&dentry->d_u.d_child, &parent->d_subdirs);
-       dentry_stat.nr_dentry++;
-       spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
-
+       percpu_counter_inc(&nr_dentry);
        return dentry;
 }
 
@@ -2282,6 +2290,7 @@ static void __init dcache_init(void)
 {
        int loop;
 
+       percpu_counter_init(&nr_dentry, 0);
        /* 
         * A constructor could be added for stable state like the lists,
         * but it is probably not worth it because of the cache nature
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4a853ef..114cb65 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2217,6 +2217,8 @@ static inline void free_secdata(void *secdata)
 struct ctl_table;
 int proc_nr_files(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
                  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
+int proc_nr_dentry(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+                  void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 
 int get_filesystem_list(char * buf);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 3d56fe7..777bee7 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ static struct ctl_table fs_table[] = {
                .data           = &dentry_stat,
                .maxlen         = 6*sizeof(int),
                .mode           = 0444,
-               .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
+               .proc_handler   = &proc_nr_dentry,
        },
        {
                .ctl_name       = FS_OVERFLOWUID,
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