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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/dcache.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h index f939d2ed10a3..19098253f2dd 100644 --- a/include/linux/dcache.h +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ union shortname_store { #define d_lock d_lockref.lock #define d_iname d_shortname.string +struct completion_list; struct dentry { /* RCU lookup touched fields */ @@ -122,12 +123,23 @@ struct dentry { struct hlist_node d_sib; /* child of parent list */ struct hlist_head d_children; /* our children */ /* - * d_alias and d_rcu can share memory + * the following members can share memory - their uses are + * mutually exclusive. */ union { - struct hlist_node d_alias; /* inode alias list */ - struct hlist_bl_node d_in_lookup_hash; /* only for in-lookup ones */ + /* positives: inode alias list */ + struct hlist_node d_alias; + /* in-lookup ones (all negative, live): hash chain */ + struct hlist_bl_node d_in_lookup_hash; + /* killed ones: (already negative) used to schedule freeing */ struct rcu_head d_rcu; + /* + * live non-in-lookup negatives: used if shrink_dcache_tree() + * races with eviction by another thread and needs to wait for + * this dentry to get killed . Remains NULL for almost all + * negative dentries. + */ + struct completion_list *waiters; }; }; |