get rid of restarts in sync_filesystems()
At the same time we can kill s_need_restart and local mutex in there. __put_super() made public for a while; will be gone later. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static inline void destroy_super(struct super_block *s)
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* Drop a superblock's refcount. Returns non-zero if the superblock was
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* destroyed. The caller must hold sb_lock.
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*/
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static int __put_super(struct super_block *sb)
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int __put_super(struct super_block *sb)
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{
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int ret = 0;
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fs/sync.c
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fs/sync.c
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@ -80,35 +80,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sync_filesystem);
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/*
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* Sync all the data for all the filesystems (called by sys_sync() and
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* emergency sync)
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*
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* This operation is careful to avoid the livelock which could easily happen
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* if two or more filesystems are being continuously dirtied. s_need_sync
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* is used only here. We set it against all filesystems and then clear it as
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* we sync them. So redirtied filesystems are skipped.
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*
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* But if process A is currently running sync_filesystems and then process B
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* calls sync_filesystems as well, process B will set all the s_need_sync
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* flags again, which will cause process A to resync everything. Fix that with
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* a local mutex.
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*/
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static void sync_filesystems(int wait)
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{
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struct super_block *sb;
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static DEFINE_MUTEX(mutex);
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struct super_block *sb, *n;
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mutex_lock(&mutex); /* Could be down_interruptible */
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spin_lock(&sb_lock);
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list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list)
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if (!list_empty(&sb->s_instances))
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sb->s_need_sync = 1;
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restart:
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list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
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list_for_each_entry_safe(sb, n, &super_blocks, s_list) {
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if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances))
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continue;
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if (!sb->s_need_sync)
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continue;
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sb->s_need_sync = 0;
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sb->s_count++;
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spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
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/* restart only when sb is no longer on the list */
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spin_lock(&sb_lock);
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if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
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goto restart;
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__put_super(sb);
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}
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spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
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mutex_unlock(&mutex);
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}
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/*
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@ -1332,7 +1332,6 @@ struct super_block {
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struct rw_semaphore s_umount;
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struct mutex s_lock;
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int s_count;
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int s_need_sync;
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atomic_t s_active;
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#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
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void *s_security;
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struct vfsmount *mnt);
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extern void simple_set_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct super_block *sb);
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int __put_super_and_need_restart(struct super_block *sb);
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int __put_super(struct super_block *sb);
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void put_super(struct super_block *sb);
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/* Alas, no aliases. Too much hassle with bringing module.h everywhere */
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