kick() is called after get() has been used and after the slab has dropped
all of its own locks. The dentry pruning for unused entries works in a
straightforward way.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
fs/dcache.c | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/dcache.c 2007-08-29 18:55:21.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/fs/dcache.c 2007-08-29 18:57:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ static struct dentry *d_kill(struct dent
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 */
+ /*
+ * drops the locks, at that point nobody (aside from defrag)
+ * can reach this dentry
+ */
dentry_iput(dentry);
parent = dentry->d_parent;
d_free(dentry);
@@ -2100,6 +2103,100 @@ static void __init dcache_init_early(voi
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dentry_hashtable[loop]);
}
+/*
+ * The slab allocator is holding off frees. We can safely examine
+ * the object without the danger of it vanishing from under us.
+ */
+static void *get_dentries(struct kmem_cache *s, int nr, void **v)
+{
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+ int i;
+
+ spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+ dentry = v[i];
+
+ /*
+ * Three sorts of dentries cannot be reclaimed:
+ *
+ * 1. dentries that are in the process of being allocated
+ * or being freed. In that case the dentry is neither
+ * on the LRU nor hashed.
+ *
+ * 2. Fake hashed entries as used for anonymous dentries
+ * and pipe I/O. The fake hashed entries have d_flags
+ * set to indicate a hashed entry. However, the
+ * d_hash field indicates that the entry is not hashed.
+ *
+ * 3. dentries that have a backing store that is not
+ * writable. This is true for tmpsfs and other in
+ * memory filesystems. Removing dentries from them
+ * would loose dentries for good.
+ */
+ if ((d_unhashed(dentry) && list_empty(&dentry->d_lru)) ||
+ (!d_unhashed(dentry) && hlist_unhashed(&dentry->d_hash)) ||
+ (dentry->d_inode &&
+ !mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(dentry->d_inode->i_mapping)))
+ /* Ignore this dentry */
+ v[i] = NULL;
+ else
+ /* dget_locked will remove the dentry from the LRU */
+ dget_locked(dentry);
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Slab has dropped all the locks. Get rid of the refcount obtained
+ * earlier and also free the object.
+ */
+static void kick_dentries(struct kmem_cache *s,
+ int nr, void **v, void *private)
+{
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * First invalidate the dentries without holding the dcache lock
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+ dentry = v[i];
+
+ if (dentry)
+ d_invalidate(dentry);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If we are the last one holding a reference then the dentries can
+ * be freed. We need the dcache_lock.
+ */
+ spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+ dentry = v[i];
+ if (!dentry)
+ continue;
+
+ spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1) {
+ spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+ dput(dentry);
+ spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ prune_one_dentry(dentry, 1);
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
+
+ /*
+ * dentries are freed using RCU so we need to wait until RCU
+ * operations are complete
+ */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+}
+
static void __init dcache_init(unsigned long mempages)
{
int loop;
@@ -2109,6 +2206,7 @@ static void __init dcache_init(unsigned
dcache_ctor);
register_shrinker(&dcache_shrinker);
+ kmem_cache_setup_defrag(dentry_cache, get_dentries, kick_dentries);
/* Hash may have been set up in dcache_init_early */
if (!hashdist)
--
-
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