[PATCH 1/2] kernfs: dont take i_lock on inode attr read

[Ian Kent]

The kernfs write lock is held when the kernfs node inode attributes
are updated. Therefore, when either kernfs_iop_getattr() or
kernfs_iop_permission() are called the kernfs node inode attributes
won't change.

Consequently concurrent kernfs_refresh_inode() calls always copy the
same values from the kernfs node.

So there's no need to take the inode i_lock to get consistent values
for generic_fillattr() and generic_permission(), the kernfs read lock
is sufficient.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/kernfs/inode.c |    4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index 3d783d80f5da..74f3453f4639 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -190,10 +190,8 @@ int kernfs_iop_getattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	struct kernfs_root *root = kernfs_root(kn);
 
 	down_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	kernfs_refresh_inode(kn, inode);
 	generic_fillattr(&init_user_ns, inode, stat);
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	up_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -288,10 +286,8 @@ int kernfs_iop_permission(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	root = kernfs_root(kn);
 
 	down_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	kernfs_refresh_inode(kn, inode);
 	ret = generic_permission(&init_user_ns, inode, mask);
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	up_read(&root->kernfs_rwsem);
 
 	return ret;