[GIT PULL 05/12 for v7.1] vfs fs_struct

[Christian Brauner]

Hey Linus,

/* Summary */

Avoid excessive dput/dget in audit_context setup and reset paths When
the audit subsystem is enabled, it can do a lot of get_fs_pwd() calls to
get references to fs->pwd and then releasing those references back with
path_put() later. That may cause a lot of spinlock contention on a
single pwd's dentry lock because of the constant changes to the
reference count when there are many processes on the same working
directory actively doing open/close system calls. This can cause
noticeable performance regresssion when compared with the case where the
audit subsystem is turned off especially on systems with a lot of CPUs
which is becoming more common these days.

Avoid this type of performance regression caused by audit by adding a
new set of fs_struct helpers to reduce unncessary path_get() and
path_put() calls and the audit code is modified to use these new
helpers.

/* Testing */

gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0
Debian clang version 19.1.7 (3+b1)

No build failures or warnings were observed.

/* Conflicts */

Merge conflicts with mainline
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No known conflicts.

Merge conflicts with other trees
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The following changes since commit 1f318b96cc84d7c2ab792fcc0bfd42a7ca890681:

  Linux 7.0-rc3 (2026-03-08 16:56:54 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs tags/vfs-7.1-rc1.fs_struct

for you to fetch changes up to 9eecc28ec595bfc0a8af3306b57f566027b3560c:

  fs: factor out get_fs_pwd_pool_locked() for lock-held callers (2026-03-12 13:41:45 +0100)

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vfs-7.1-rc1.fs_struct

Please consider pulling these changes from the signed vfs-7.1-rc1.fs_struct tag.

Thanks!
Christian

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Christian Brauner (5):
      Merge patch series "fs, audit: Avoid excessive dput/dget in audit_context setup and reset paths"
      fs: use path_equal() in fs_struct helpers
      fs: document seqlock usage in pwd pool APIs
      fs: add drain_fs_pwd_pool() helper
      fs: factor out get_fs_pwd_pool_locked() for lock-held callers

Waiman Long (2):
      fs: Add a pool of extra fs->pwd references to fs_struct
      audit: Use the new {get,put}_fs_pwd_pool() APIs to get/put pwd references

 fs/fs_struct.c            | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 fs/namespace.c            | 10 ++++++++++
 include/linux/fs_struct.h | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 kernel/auditsc.c          |  7 +++++--
 4 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)