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NFS: Remove the BKL from the rename, rmdir and unlink operations
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Attribute updates are safe, and dentry operations are protected using VFS
level locks. Defer removing the BKL from sillyrename until a separate
patch.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
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Trond Myklebust authored and Trond Myklebust committed Jul 15, 2008
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9 changes: 3 additions & 6 deletions fs/nfs/dir.c
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Expand Up @@ -1297,14 +1297,12 @@ static int nfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: rmdir(%s/%ld), %s\n",
dir->i_sb->s_id, dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name);

lock_kernel();
error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->rmdir(dir, &dentry->d_name);
/* Ensure the VFS deletes this inode */
if (error == 0 && dentry->d_inode != NULL)
clear_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
else if (error == -ENOENT)
nfs_dentry_handle_enoent(dentry);
unlock_kernel();

return error;
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1429,14 +1427,14 @@ static int nfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: unlink(%s/%ld, %s)\n", dir->i_sb->s_id,
dir->i_ino, dentry->d_name.name);

lock_kernel();
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
if (atomic_read(&dentry->d_count) > 1) {
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
/* Start asynchronous writeout of the inode */
write_inode_now(dentry->d_inode, 0);
lock_kernel();
error = nfs_sillyrename(dir, dentry);
unlock_kernel();
return error;
Expand All @@ -1452,7 +1450,6 @@ static int nfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
nfs_set_verifier(dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir));
} else if (need_rehash)
d_rehash(dentry);
unlock_kernel();
return error;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1587,7 +1584,6 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
* To prevent any new references to the target during the rename,
* we unhash the dentry and free the inode in advance.
*/
lock_kernel();
if (!d_unhashed(new_dentry)) {
d_drop(new_dentry);
rehash = new_dentry;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1621,7 +1617,9 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
goto out;

/* silly-rename the existing target ... */
lock_kernel();
err = nfs_sillyrename(new_dir, new_dentry);
unlock_kernel();
if (!err) {
new_dentry = rehash = dentry;
new_inode = NULL;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1665,7 +1663,6 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
/* new dentry created? */
if (dentry)
dput(dentry);
unlock_kernel();
return error;
}

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