[PATCH v3 3/4] fs: use fput_close() in filp_close()

From: Mateusz Guzik
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 07:37:39 EST


When tracing a kernel build over refcounts seen this is a wash:
@[kprobe:filp_close]:
[0] 32195 |@@@@@@@@@@ |
[1] 164567 |@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@|

I verified vast majority of the skew comes from do_close_on_exec() which
could be changed to use a different variant instead.

Even without changing that, the 19.5% of calls which got here still can
save the extra atomic. Calls here are borderline non-existent compared
to fput (over 3.2 mln!), so they should not negatively affect
scalability.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/open.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index f2fcfaeb2232..bdbf03f799a1 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ int filp_close(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id)
int retval;

retval = filp_flush(filp, id);
- fput(filp);
+ fput_close(filp);

return retval;
}
--
2.43.0