[PATCH v5 6/6] fs/dcache: Make negative dentry limit enforcement sysctl parameter

[Waiman Long]

It can be useful to make negative dentry limit enformcement a runtime
tuning parameter instead of just a boot time option. This allows system
administrator to disable limit enforcement in normal use, but turn it
on under certain circumstances.

A new /proc/sys/fs/enforce-neg-dentry-limit sysctl parameter is now
added. This is a boolean flag that accept a value of either 0 or 1
for disabling and enabling enforcement of negative dentry limit
respectively.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 fs/dcache.c                 |  4 +++-
 include/linux/dcache.h      |  4 ++++
 kernel/sysctl.c             | 11 +++++++++++
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
index a8e3f1f..ef8fd32 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs:
 - dentry-state
 - dquot-max
 - dquot-nr
+- enforce-neg-dentry-limit
 - file-max
 - file-nr
 - inode-max
@@ -97,6 +98,16 @@ you might want to raise the limit.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+enforce-neg-dentry-limit:
+
+The file enforce-neg-dentry-limit, if present, contains a boolean
+flag (0 or 1) indicating if the negative dentries limit set by
+the "neg_dentry_pc" kernel parameter should be enforced or not.
+If enforced, excess negative dentries over the limit will be killed
+immediately after use.
+
+==============================================================
+
 file-max & file-nr:
 
 The value in file-max denotes the maximum number of file-
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 77910c9..f50886e 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ struct dentry_stat_t dentry_stat = {
 	unlikely(!(sb)->s_root || !((sb)->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE))
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DCACHE_TRACK_NEG_ENTRY
-static int enforce_neg_dentry_limit __read_mostly;
+int enforce_neg_dentry_limit __read_mostly;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(enforce_neg_dentry_limit);
+
 static int neg_dentry_pc __read_mostly = NEG_DENTRY_PC_DEFAULT;
 static long neg_dentry_percpu_limit __read_mostly;
 static long neg_dentry_nfree_init __read_mostly; /* Free pool initial value */
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index 69b8cb3..bd7238a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -610,4 +610,8 @@ struct name_snapshot {
 void take_dentry_name_snapshot(struct name_snapshot *, struct dentry *);
 void release_dentry_name_snapshot(struct name_snapshot *);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DCACHE_TRACK_NEG_ENTRY
+extern int enforce_neg_dentry_limit;
+#endif
+
 #endif	/* __LINUX_DCACHE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 2d9837c..94f6f6c 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1849,6 +1849,17 @@ static int sysrq_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
 		.extra1		= &one,
 	},
+#ifdef CONFIG_DCACHE_TRACK_NEG_ENTRY
+	{
+		.procname	= "enforce-neg-dentry-limit",
+		.data		= &enforce_neg_dentry_limit,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(enforce_neg_dentry_limit),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
+#endif
 	{ }
 };
 
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1.8.3.1