linux-sg2042/fs
J. Bruce Fields b21996e36c locks: break delegations on unlink
We need to break delegations on any operation that changes the set of
links pointing to an inode.  Start with unlink.

Such operations also hold the i_mutex on a parent directory.  Breaking a
delegation may require waiting for a timeout (by default 90 seconds) in
the case of a unresponsive NFS client.  To avoid blocking all directory
operations, we therefore drop locks before waiting for the delegation.
The logic then looks like:

	acquire locks
	...
	test for delegation; if found:
		take reference on inode
		release locks
		wait for delegation break
		drop reference on inode
		retry

It is possible this could never terminate.  (Even if we take precautions
to prevent another delegation being acquired on the same inode, we could
get a different inode on each retry.)  But this seems very unlikely.

The initial test for a delegation happens after the lock on the target
inode is acquired, but the directory inode may have been acquired
further up the call stack.  We therefore add a "struct inode **"
argument to any intervening functions, which we use to pass the inode
back up to the caller in the case it needs a delegation synchronously
broken.

Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>
Cc: Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@gazzang.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2013-11-09 00:16:42 -05:00
..
9p 9p: make v9fs_cache_inode_{get,put,set}_cookie empty inlines for !9P_CACHEFS 2013-10-24 23:34:47 -04:00
adfs adfs: delayed freeing of sbi 2013-10-24 23:43:27 -04:00
affs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
afs afs: dget_parent() can't return a negative dentry 2013-09-29 22:02:24 -04:00
autofs4 autofs4: make freeing sbi rcu-delayed 2013-10-24 23:43:27 -04:00
befs befs: split symlink iops in two - for short and long symlinks resp. 2013-10-24 23:34:50 -04:00
bfs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
btrfs btrfs: Fix crash due to not allocating integrity data for a bioset 2013-10-05 10:52:10 -04:00
cachefiles locks: break delegations on unlink 2013-11-09 00:16:42 -05:00
ceph ceph: use d_invalidate() to invalidate aliases 2013-09-06 12:55:29 -07:00
cifs cifs: rcu-delay unload_nls() and freeing sbi 2013-10-24 23:43:27 -04:00
coda coda_revalidate_inode(): switch to passing inode... 2013-11-09 00:16:21 -05:00
configfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-07-14 11:42:26 -07:00
cramfs [readdir] convert f2fs 2013-06-29 12:56:46 +04:00
debugfs debugfs: debugfs_remove_recursive() must not rely on list_empty(d_subdirs) 2013-07-31 12:16:31 -04:00
devpts
dlm dlm: remove signal blocking 2013-08-12 15:22:43 -05:00
ecryptfs locks: break delegations on unlink 2013-11-09 00:16:42 -05:00
efivarfs efivarfs: we can use simple_lookup() now 2013-07-14 17:48:35 +04:00
efs efs: iget_locked() doesn't return an ERR_PTR() 2013-08-24 12:10:22 -04:00
exofs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
exportfs exportfs: fix quadratic behavior in filehandle lookup 2013-11-09 00:16:38 -05:00
ext2 truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
ext3 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2013-09-06 09:06:02 -07:00
ext4 vfs: pull ext4's double-i_mutex-locking into common code 2013-11-09 00:16:39 -05:00
f2fs f2fs: optimize gc for better performance 2013-09-05 13:50:32 +09:00
fat fat: rcu-delay unloading nls and freeing sbi 2013-10-24 23:43:28 -04:00
freevxfs [readdir] convert freevxfs 2013-06-29 12:56:53 +04:00
fscache Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2013-09-19 12:50:37 -05:00
fuse fuse: rcu-delay freeing fuse_conn 2013-10-24 23:45:13 -04:00
gfs2 new helper: kfree_put_link() 2013-10-24 23:34:49 -04:00
hfs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
hfsplus truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
hostfs um: hostfs: Fix writeback 2013-09-07 10:38:29 +02:00
hpfs hpfs: make freeing sbi and codetables rcu-delayed 2013-10-24 23:43:26 -04:00
hppfs clean up scary strncpy(dst, src, strlen(src)) uses 2013-07-03 16:07:41 -07:00
hugetlbfs cope with potentially long ->d_dname() output for shmem/hugetlb 2013-08-24 12:10:17 -04:00
isofs isofs: don't pass dentry to isofs_hash{i,}_common() 2013-10-24 23:34:59 -04:00
jbd jbd: use a single printk for jbd_debug() 2013-08-09 10:49:00 +02:00
jbd2 jbd2: Fix endian mixing problems in the checksumming code 2013-08-28 14:59:58 -04:00
jffs2 [readdir] convert jffs2 2013-06-29 12:56:47 +04:00
jfs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
lockd LOCKD: Don't call utsname()->nodename from nlmclnt_setlockargs 2013-08-05 15:03:46 -04:00
logfs Lots of bug fixes, cleanups and optimizations. In the bug fixes 2013-07-02 09:39:34 -07:00
minix truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
ncpfs ncpfs: rcu-delay unload_nls() and freeing ncp_server 2013-10-24 23:43:28 -04:00
nfs nfs: use %p[dD] instead of open-coded (and often racy) equivalents 2013-10-24 23:34:50 -04:00
nfs_common
nfsd locks: break delegations on unlink 2013-11-09 00:16:42 -05:00
nilfs2 nilfs2: fix issue with race condition of competition between segments for dirty blocks 2013-09-30 14:31:02 -07:00
nls
notify fsnotify: update comments concerning locking scheme 2013-07-09 10:33:20 -07:00
ntfs iget/iget5: don't bother with ->i_lock until we find a match 2013-11-09 00:16:31 -05:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: get rid of impossible checks 2013-11-09 00:16:32 -05:00
omfs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
openpromfs [readdir] convert openpromfs 2013-06-29 12:56:32 +04:00
proc new helper: kfree_put_link() 2013-10-24 23:34:49 -04:00
pstore pstore: Remove the messages related to compression failure 2013-09-16 09:28:29 -07:00
qnx4 qnx4: i_sb is never NULL 2013-11-09 00:16:32 -05:00
qnx6 [readdir] convert qnx6 2013-06-29 12:56:39 +04:00
quota fs: convert fs shrinkers to new scan/count API 2013-09-10 18:56:31 -04:00
ramfs initmpfs: move rootfs code from fs/ramfs/ to init/ 2013-09-11 15:59:37 -07:00
reiserfs reiserfs: fix race with flush_used_journal_lists and flush_journal_list 2013-09-24 11:24:21 +02:00
romfs [readdir] convert romfs 2013-06-29 12:56:29 +04:00
squashfs Squashfs: add corruption check for type in squashfs_readdir() 2013-09-06 04:57:54 +01:00
sysfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-09-07 14:36:57 -07:00
sysv sysv: Add forgotten superblock lock init for v7 fs 2013-09-29 22:02:02 -04:00
ubifs ubifs: switch to %pd 2013-10-24 23:34:51 -04:00
udf udf: Fortify LVID loading 2013-09-24 11:23:33 +02:00
ufs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
xfs xfs: Use kmem_free() instead of free() 2013-10-04 13:56:12 -05:00
Kconfig
Kconfig.binfmt
Makefile
aio.c rework aio migrate pages to use aio fs 2013-11-09 00:16:28 -05:00
anon_inodes.c ... and kill anon_inode_getfile_private() 2013-11-09 00:16:28 -05:00
attr.c
bad_inode.c [readdir] ->readdir() is gone 2013-06-29 12:57:04 +04:00
binfmt_aout.c dump_skip(): dump_seek() replacement taking coredump_params 2013-11-09 00:16:26 -05:00
binfmt_elf.c elf{,_fdpic} coredump: get rid of pointless if (siginfo->si_signo) 2013-11-09 00:16:30 -05:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c elf{,_fdpic} coredump: get rid of pointless if (siginfo->si_signo) 2013-11-09 00:16:30 -05:00
binfmt_em86.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c
bio-integrity.c Merge branch 'for-3.12/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-09-22 15:00:11 -07:00
bio.c block: Fix bio_copy_data() 2013-09-24 14:41:42 -07:00
block_dev.c a trivial writeback fix 2013-09-13 23:06:40 -04:00
buffer.c mm: vmscan: take page buffers dirty and locked state into account 2013-07-03 16:07:29 -07:00
char_dev.c consolidate the reassignments of ->f_op in ->open() instances 2013-10-24 23:34:53 -04:00
compat.c [readdir] constify ->actor 2013-06-29 12:57:05 +04:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
coredump.c constify do_coredump() argument 2013-11-09 00:16:29 -05:00
coredump.h
dcache.c dcache: don't clear DCACHE_DISCONNECTED too early 2013-11-09 00:16:34 -05:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c direct-io: Use return from cmpxchg to decide of assignment happened 2013-09-09 10:47:42 -07:00
drop_caches.c shrinker: add node awareness 2013-09-10 18:56:31 -04:00
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
exec.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
fcntl.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
fhandle.c
file.c
file_table.c get rid of s_files and files_lock 2013-11-09 00:16:20 -05:00
filesystems.c
fs-writeback.c new helpers: lock_mount_hash/unlock_mount_hash 2013-10-24 23:34:59 -04:00
fs_struct.c
generic_acl.c
inode.c vfs: rename I_MUTEX_QUOTA now that it's not used for quotas 2013-11-09 00:16:40 -05:00
internal.h get rid of s_files and files_lock 2013-11-09 00:16:20 -05:00
ioctl.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
ioprio.c
libfs.c take anon inode allocation to libfs.c 2013-11-09 00:16:27 -05:00
locks.c locks: implement delegations 2013-11-09 00:16:41 -05:00
mbcache.c fs: convert fs shrinkers to new scan/count API 2013-09-10 18:56:31 -04:00
mount.h RCU'd vfsmounts 2013-11-09 00:16:19 -05:00
mpage.c
namei.c locks: break delegations on unlink 2013-11-09 00:16:42 -05:00
namespace.c RCU'd vfsmounts 2013-11-09 00:16:19 -05:00
no-block.c
open.c get rid of s_files and files_lock 2013-11-09 00:16:20 -05:00
pipe.c aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
pnode.c split __lookup_mnt() in two functions 2013-10-24 23:35:00 -04:00
pnode.h vfs: Don't copy mount bind mounts of /proc/<pid>/ns/mnt between namespaces 2013-08-26 18:42:15 -07:00
posix_acl.c
proc_namespace.c don't bother with vfsmount_lock in mounts_poll() 2013-10-24 23:34:59 -04:00
read_write.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
readdir.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
select.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
seq_file.c seq_file: add seq_list_*_percpu helpers 2013-07-08 13:36:41 +04:00
signalfd.c
splice.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
stack.c
stat.c vfs: split out vfs_getattr_nosec 2013-11-09 00:16:31 -05:00
statfs.c
super.c get rid of s_files and files_lock 2013-11-09 00:16:20 -05:00
sync.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
timerfd.c timerfd: Add alarm timers 2013-05-29 12:57:34 -07:00
utimes.c
xattr.c
xattr_acl.c