[PATCH 2/3] Unionfs: locking fixes

From: Erez Zadok
Date: Thu Jan 03 2008 - 00:58:55 EST


Lock parent dentries during revalidation.
Reduce total number of lockdep classes used.

Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok <ezk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/unionfs/dentry.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
fs/unionfs/fanout.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/unionfs/dentry.c b/fs/unionfs/dentry.c
index 0369d93..7646828 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/dentry.c
+++ b/fs/unionfs/dentry.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static bool __unionfs_d_revalidate_one(struct dentry *dentry,
memset(&lowernd, 0, sizeof(struct nameidata));

verify_locked(dentry);
+ verify_locked(dentry->d_parent);

/* if the dentry is unhashed, do NOT revalidate */
if (d_deleted(dentry))
@@ -351,7 +352,10 @@ bool __unionfs_d_revalidate_chain(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd,
* to child order.
*/
for (i = 0; i < chain_len; i++) {
- unionfs_lock_dentry(chain[i], UNIONFS_DMUTEX_REVAL+i);
+ unionfs_lock_dentry(chain[i], UNIONFS_DMUTEX_REVAL_CHILD);
+ if (chain[i] != chain[i]->d_parent)
+ unionfs_lock_dentry(chain[i]->d_parent,
+ UNIONFS_DMUTEX_REVAL_PARENT);
saved_bstart = dbstart(chain[i]);
saved_bend = dbend(chain[i]);
sbgen = atomic_read(&UNIONFS_SB(dentry->d_sb)->generation);
@@ -366,6 +370,8 @@ bool __unionfs_d_revalidate_chain(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd,
bindex++)
unionfs_mntput(chain[i], bindex);
}
+ if (chain[i] != chain[i]->d_parent)
+ unionfs_unlock_dentry(chain[i]->d_parent);
unionfs_unlock_dentry(chain[i]);

if (unlikely(!valid))
@@ -376,6 +382,9 @@ bool __unionfs_d_revalidate_chain(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd,
out_this:
/* finally, lock this dentry and revalidate it */
verify_locked(dentry);
+ if (dentry != dentry->d_parent)
+ unionfs_lock_dentry(dentry->d_parent,
+ UNIONFS_DMUTEX_REVAL_PARENT);
dgen = atomic_read(&UNIONFS_D(dentry)->generation);

if (unlikely(is_newer_lower(dentry))) {
@@ -394,6 +403,8 @@ out_this:
purge_inode_data(dentry->d_inode);
}
valid = __unionfs_d_revalidate_one(dentry, nd);
+ if (dentry != dentry->d_parent)
+ unionfs_unlock_dentry(dentry->d_parent);

/*
* If __unionfs_d_revalidate_one() succeeded above, then it will
diff --git a/fs/unionfs/fanout.h b/fs/unionfs/fanout.h
index 5f31015..4d9a45f 100644
--- a/fs/unionfs/fanout.h
+++ b/fs/unionfs/fanout.h
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ enum unionfs_dentry_lock_class {
UNIONFS_DMUTEX_PARENT,
UNIONFS_DMUTEX_CHILD,
UNIONFS_DMUTEX_WHITEOUT,
- UNIONFS_DMUTEX_REVAL, /* for file/dentry revalidate */
+ UNIONFS_DMUTEX_REVAL_PARENT, /* for file/dentry revalidate */
+ UNIONFS_DMUTEX_REVAL_CHILD, /* for file/dentry revalidate */
};

static inline void unionfs_lock_dentry(struct dentry *d,
--
1.5.2.2

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