use ->d_seq to get coherency between ->d_inode and ->d_flags
Games with ordering and barriers are way too brittle. Just
bump ->d_seq before and after updating ->d_inode and ->d_flags
type bits, so that verifying ->d_seq would guarantee they are
coherent.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.13+
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 92d5140..2398f9f9 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@
return dentry->d_name.name != dentry->d_iname;
}
-/*
- * Make sure other CPUs see the inode attached before the type is set.
- */
static inline void __d_set_inode_and_type(struct dentry *dentry,
struct inode *inode,
unsigned type_flags)
@@ -279,28 +276,18 @@
unsigned flags;
dentry->d_inode = inode;
- smp_wmb();
flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
flags &= ~(DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE | DCACHE_FALLTHRU);
flags |= type_flags;
WRITE_ONCE(dentry->d_flags, flags);
}
-/*
- * Ideally, we want to make sure that other CPUs see the flags cleared before
- * the inode is detached, but this is really a violation of RCU principles
- * since the ordering suggests we should always set inode before flags.
- *
- * We should instead replace or discard the entire dentry - but that sucks
- * performancewise on mass deletion/rename.
- */
static inline void __d_clear_type_and_inode(struct dentry *dentry)
{
unsigned flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags);
flags &= ~(DCACHE_ENTRY_TYPE | DCACHE_FALLTHRU);
WRITE_ONCE(dentry->d_flags, flags);
- smp_wmb();
dentry->d_inode = NULL;
}
@@ -370,9 +357,11 @@
__releases(dentry->d_inode->i_lock)
{
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
+ raw_write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
__d_clear_type_and_inode(dentry);
hlist_del_init(&dentry->d_u.d_alias);
- dentry_rcuwalk_invalidate(dentry);
+ raw_write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
if (!inode->i_nlink)
@@ -1758,8 +1747,9 @@
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
if (inode)
hlist_add_head(&dentry->d_u.d_alias, &inode->i_dentry);
+ raw_write_seqcount_begin(&dentry->d_seq);
__d_set_inode_and_type(dentry, inode, add_flags);
- dentry_rcuwalk_invalidate(dentry);
+ raw_write_seqcount_end(&dentry->d_seq);
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
fsnotify_d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
}