[PATCH] fs: fix ups and tidy ups to /proc/filesystems caching
From: Mateusz Guzik
Date: Wed Jun 10 2026 - 10:42:21 EST
- add missing unlocks in some corner cases
- whitespace touch ups
- s/smp_store_release/rcu_assign_pointer/ [nop, the macro expands to the same thing]
- mark file_systems_string as __read_mostly
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Preferably this will get folded into the patch which introduces caching
to begin with, I'm posting a "full patch" just in case a separate entry
is preferred.
fs/filesystems.c | 14 ++++++--------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/filesystems.c b/fs/filesystems.c
index 771fc31a69b8..673a03b5f32b 100644
--- a/fs/filesystems.c
+++ b/fs/filesystems.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct file_systems_string {
};
static unsigned long file_systems_gen;
-static struct file_systems_string __rcu *file_systems_string;
+static struct file_systems_string __read_mostly __rcu *file_systems_string;
static void invalidate_filesystems_string(void);
#else
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static __cold noinline int regen_filesystems_string(void)
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(p, &file_systems, list) {
if (!(p->fs_flags & FS_REQUIRES_DEV))
newlen += strlen("nodev");
- newlen += strlen("\t") + strlen(p->name) + strlen("\n");
+ newlen += strlen("\t") + strlen(p->name) + strlen("\n");
}
spin_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ static __cold noinline int regen_filesystems_string(void)
* Did someone beat us to it?
*/
if (old && old->gen == file_systems_gen) {
+ spin_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
kfree(new);
return 0;
}
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ static __cold noinline int regen_filesystems_string(void)
* Did the list change in the meantime?
*/
if (gen != file_systems_gen) {
+ spin_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
kfree(new);
goto retry;
}
@@ -321,15 +323,11 @@ static __cold noinline int regen_filesystems_string(void)
* generation above and messes it up.
*/
spin_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
- if (old)
- kfree_rcu(old, rcu);
+ kfree(new);
return -EINVAL;
}
- /*
- * Paired with consume fence in READ_ONCE() in filesystems_proc_show()
- */
- smp_store_release(&file_systems_string, new);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(file_systems_string, new);
spin_unlock(&file_systems_lock);
if (old)
kfree_rcu(old, rcu);
--
2.48.1