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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2026-04-12 23:39:16 -0400
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2026-06-05 00:34:55 -0400
commit67132b5e5de8a01493ddbb217e936415ca4e09af (patch)
tree8e7692acc7bcb8575dc96f6af19af82cb61ab346
parent20aa45a87c308552781bc33dfb89a933ba5e8f43 (diff)
kill d_dispose_if_unused()
Rename to_shrink_list() into __move_to_shrink_list(), document and export it. Switch d_dispose_if_unused() users to that and kill d_dispose_if_unused() itself. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst11
-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c51
-rw-r--r--fs/fuse/dir.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/dcache.h2
4 files changed, 40 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
index 36fecc7a3d97..003ab084ad48 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
@@ -1391,3 +1391,14 @@ either form of manual loop.
**mandatory**
d_alloc_parallel() no longer requires a waitqueue_head.
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+d_dispose_if_unused() is gone; use __move_to_shrink_list() if you really
+need that functionality, but watch out for memory safety issues - just
+as with d_dispose_if_unused() these are not trivial; with this variant
+of API it's more explicit, since grabbing ->d_lock is caller-side, but
+d_dispose_if_unused() had all the same issues. It's a low-level primitive;
+use only if you have no alternative.
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 7a0c8349b5a1..ea26bd2dd2b2 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -988,7 +988,24 @@ void d_make_discardable(struct dentry *dentry)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_make_discardable);
-static bool to_shrink_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
+/**
+ * __move_to_shrink_list - try to place a dentry into a shrink list
+ * @dentry: dentry to try putting into shrink list
+ * @list: the list to put @dentry into.
+ * Returns: true @dentry had been placed into @list, false otherwise
+ *
+ * If @dentry is idle and not already include into a shrink list, move
+ * it into @list and return %true; otherwise do nothing and return %false.
+ *
+ * Caller must be holding @dentry->d_lock. There must have been no calls of
+ * dentry_free(@dentry) prior to the beginning of the RCU read-side critical
+ * area in which __move_to_shrink_list(@dentry, @list) is called.
+ *
+ * @list should be thread-private and eventually emptied by passing it to
+ * shrink_dentry_list().
+ */
+
+bool __move_to_shrink_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
__must_hold(&dentry->d_lock)
{
if (likely(!dentry->d_lockref.count &&
@@ -1000,6 +1017,7 @@ __must_hold(&dentry->d_lock)
}
return false;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__move_to_shrink_list);
void dput_to_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
{
@@ -1009,7 +1027,7 @@ void dput_to_list(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
return;
}
rcu_read_unlock();
- to_shrink_list(dentry, list);
+ __move_to_shrink_list(dentry, list);
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
}
@@ -1170,24 +1188,6 @@ struct dentry *d_find_alias_rcu(struct inode *inode)
return de;
}
-/**
- * d_dispose_if_unused - move unreferenced dentries to shrink list
- * @dentry: dentry in question
- * @dispose: head of shrink list
- *
- * If dentry has no external references, move it to shrink list.
- *
- * NOTE!!! The caller is responsible for preventing eviction of the dentry by
- * holding dentry->d_inode->i_lock or equivalent.
- */
-void d_dispose_if_unused(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *dispose)
-{
- spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
- to_shrink_list(dentry, dispose);
- spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_dispose_if_unused);
-
/*
* Try to kill dentries associated with this inode.
* WARNING: you must own a reference to inode.
@@ -1198,8 +1198,11 @@ void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *inode)
struct dentry *dentry;
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
- for_each_alias(dentry, inode)
- d_dispose_if_unused(dentry, &dispose);
+ for_each_alias(dentry, inode) {
+ spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ __move_to_shrink_list(dentry, &dispose);
+ spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ }
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
shrink_dentry_list(&dispose);
}
@@ -1592,7 +1595,7 @@ static enum d_walk_ret select_collect(void *_data, struct dentry *dentry)
goto out;
if (dentry->d_lockref.count <= 0) {
- to_shrink_list(dentry, &data->dispose);
+ __move_to_shrink_list(dentry, &data->dispose);
data->found++;
}
/*
@@ -1624,7 +1627,7 @@ static enum d_walk_ret select_collect2(void *_data, struct dentry *dentry)
goto out;
if (dentry->d_lockref.count <= 0) {
- if (!to_shrink_list(dentry, &data->dispose)) {
+ if (!__move_to_shrink_list(dentry, &data->dispose)) {
rcu_read_lock();
data->victim = dentry;
return D_WALK_QUIT;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index b658b6baf72f..d8e8ea7280bc 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ static void fuse_dentry_tree_work(struct work_struct *work)
spin_lock(&fd->dentry->d_lock);
/* If dentry is still referenced, let next dput release it */
fd->dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_OP_DELETE;
+ __move_to_shrink_list(fd->dentry, &dispose);
spin_unlock(&fd->dentry->d_lock);
- d_dispose_if_unused(fd->dentry, &dispose);
if (need_resched()) {
spin_unlock(&dentry_hash[i].lock);
cond_resched();
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index a3409de3f490..4b1ff99608e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ extern void d_tmpfile(struct file *, struct inode *);
extern struct dentry *d_find_alias(struct inode *);
extern void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *);
-extern void d_dispose_if_unused(struct dentry *, struct list_head *);
+extern bool __move_to_shrink_list(struct dentry *, struct list_head *);
extern void shrink_dentry_list(struct list_head *);
extern struct dentry *d_find_alias_rcu(struct inode *);