fs: Lock the inode LRU list separately
Introduce the inode_lru_lock to protect the inode_lru list. This
lock is nested inside the inode->i_lock to allow the inode to be
added to the LRU list in iput_final without needing to deal with
lock inversions. This keeps iput_final() clean and neat.
Further, where marking the inode I_FREEING and removing it from the
LRU, move the LRU list manipulation within the inode->i_lock to keep
the list manipulation consistent with iput_final. This also means
that most of the open coded LRU list removal + unused inode
accounting can now use the inode_lru_list_del() wrappers which
cleans the code up further.
However, this locking change means what the LRU traversal in
prune_icache() inverts this lock ordering and needs to use trylock
semantics on the inode->i_lock to avoid deadlocking. In these cases,
if we fail to lock the inode we move it to the back of the LRU to
prevent spinning on it.
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index f752a95..b19cb6e 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -32,10 +32,13 @@
*
* inode->i_lock protects:
* inode->i_state, inode->i_hash, __iget()
+ * inode_lru_lock protects:
+ * inode_lru, inode->i_lru
*
* Lock ordering:
* inode_lock
* inode->i_lock
+ * inode_lru_lock
*/
/*
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@
*/
static LIST_HEAD(inode_lru);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_lru_lock);
static struct hlist_head *inode_hashtable __read_mostly;
/*
@@ -356,18 +360,22 @@
static void inode_lru_list_add(struct inode *inode)
{
+ spin_lock(&inode_lru_lock);
if (list_empty(&inode->i_lru)) {
list_add(&inode->i_lru, &inode_lru);
inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
}
+ spin_unlock(&inode_lru_lock);
}
static void inode_lru_list_del(struct inode *inode)
{
+ spin_lock(&inode_lru_lock);
if (!list_empty(&inode->i_lru)) {
list_del_init(&inode->i_lru);
inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
}
+ spin_unlock(&inode_lru_lock);
}
static inline void __inode_sb_list_add(struct inode *inode)
@@ -543,10 +551,9 @@
}
inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
- if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY | I_SYNC)))
- inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
+ inode_lru_list_del(inode);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- list_move(&inode->i_lru, &dispose);
+ list_add(&inode->i_lru, &dispose);
}
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
@@ -596,10 +603,9 @@
}
inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
- if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY | I_SYNC)))
- inodes_stat.nr_unused--;
+ inode_lru_list_del(inode);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- list_move(&inode->i_lru, &dispose);
+ list_add(&inode->i_lru, &dispose);
}
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
@@ -623,7 +629,7 @@
/*
* Scan `goal' inodes on the unused list for freeable ones. They are moved to a
- * temporary list and then are freed outside inode_lock by dispose_list().
+ * temporary list and then are freed outside inode_lru_lock by dispose_list().
*
* Any inodes which are pinned purely because of attached pagecache have their
* pagecache removed. If the inode has metadata buffers attached to
@@ -645,6 +651,7 @@
down_read(&iprune_sem);
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode_lru_lock);
for (nr_scanned = 0; nr_scanned < nr_to_scan; nr_scanned++) {
struct inode *inode;
@@ -654,10 +661,19 @@
inode = list_entry(inode_lru.prev, struct inode, i_lru);
/*
+ * we are inverting the inode_lru_lock/inode->i_lock here,
+ * so use a trylock. If we fail to get the lock, just move the
+ * inode to the back of the list so we don't spin on it.
+ */
+ if (!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
+ list_move(&inode->i_lru, &inode_lru);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /*
* Referenced or dirty inodes are still in use. Give them
* another pass through the LRU as we canot reclaim them now.
*/
- spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) ||
(inode->i_state & ~I_REFERENCED)) {
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -676,17 +692,21 @@
if (inode_has_buffers(inode) || inode->i_data.nrpages) {
__iget(inode);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode_lru_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
if (remove_inode_buffers(inode))
reap += invalidate_mapping_pages(&inode->i_data,
0, -1);
iput(inode);
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&inode_lru_lock);
if (inode != list_entry(inode_lru.next,
struct inode, i_lru))
continue; /* wrong inode or list_empty */
- spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ /* avoid lock inversions with trylock */
+ if (!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock))
+ continue;
if (!can_unuse(inode)) {
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
@@ -703,6 +723,7 @@
__count_vm_events(KSWAPD_INODESTEAL, reap);
else
__count_vm_events(PGINODESTEAL, reap);
+ spin_unlock(&inode_lru_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
dispose_list(&freeable);