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Replaces the groups mark_lock spinlock with a mutex. Using a mutex instead
of a spinlock results in more flexibility (i.e it allows to sleep while the
lock is held).

Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
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Lino Sanfilippo authored and Eric Paris committed Dec 11, 2012
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion fs/notify/group.c
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Expand Up @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_alloc_group(const struct fsnotify_ops *ops)
init_waitqueue_head(&group->notification_waitq);
group->max_events = UINT_MAX;

spin_lock_init(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_init(&group->mark_mutex);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&group->marks_list);

group->ops = ops;
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions fs/notify/inode_mark.c
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Expand Up @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_inode_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
{
struct inode *inode = mark->i.inode;

BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&mark->group->mark_mutex));
assert_spin_locked(&mark->lock);
assert_spin_locked(&mark->group->mark_lock);

spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ int fsnotify_add_inode_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,

mark->flags |= FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_INODE;

BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&group->mark_mutex));
assert_spin_locked(&mark->lock);
assert_spin_locked(&group->mark_lock);

spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);

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18 changes: 9 additions & 9 deletions fs/notify/mark.c
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Expand Up @@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
group = mark->group;
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);

spin_lock(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
spin_lock(&mark->lock);

/* something else already called this function on this mark */
if (!(mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE)) {
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
goto put_group;
}

Expand All @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
list_del_init(&mark->g_list);

spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);

spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
list_add(&mark->destroy_list, &destroy_list);
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/*
* LOCKING ORDER!!!!
* group->mark_lock
* group->mark_mutex
* mark->lock
* inode->i_lock
*/
spin_lock(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);

spin_lock(&mark->lock);
mark->flags |= FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE;
Expand All @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
fsnotify_set_mark_mask_locked(mark, mark->mask);
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);

spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);

if (inode)
__fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(inode);
Expand All @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
atomic_dec(&group->num_marks);

spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);

spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
list_add(&mark->destroy_list, &destroy_list);
Expand All @@ -296,15 +296,15 @@ void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group,
struct fsnotify_mark *lmark, *mark;
LIST_HEAD(free_list);

spin_lock(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &group->marks_list, g_list) {
if (mark->flags & flags) {
list_add(&mark->free_g_list, &free_list);
list_del_init(&mark->g_list);
fsnotify_get_mark(mark);
}
}
spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);

list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &free_list, free_g_list) {
fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark);
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c
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Expand Up @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_vfsmount_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
{
struct vfsmount *mnt = mark->m.mnt;

BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&mark->group->mark_mutex));
assert_spin_locked(&mark->lock);
assert_spin_locked(&mark->group->mark_lock);

spin_lock(&mnt->mnt_root->d_lock);

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mark->flags |= FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_VFSMOUNT;

BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&group->mark_mutex));
assert_spin_locked(&mark->lock);
assert_spin_locked(&group->mark_lock);

spin_lock(&mnt->mnt_root->d_lock);

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
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Expand Up @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
unsigned int priority;

/* stores all fastpath marks assoc with this group so they can be cleaned on unregister */
spinlock_t mark_lock; /* protect marks_list */
struct mutex mark_mutex; /* protect marks_list */
atomic_t num_marks; /* 1 for each mark and 1 for not being
* past the point of no return when freeing
* a group */
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