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| author | Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru> | 2015-02-19 20:19:35 +0300 |
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| committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2015-02-22 19:38:42 +0300 |
| commit | eb6ef3df4faa5424cf2a24b4e4f3eeceb1482a8e (patch) | |
| tree | 760db5df872be2122597841c33479c41cf2d7194 /fs/internal.h | |
| parent | 54f2a2f42759b11ada761013a12f0e743702219a (diff) | |
| download | linux-eb6ef3df4faa5424cf2a24b4e4f3eeceb1482a8e.tar.xz | |
trylock_super(): replacement for grab_super_passive()
I've noticed significant locking contention in memory reclaimer around
sb_lock inside grab_super_passive(). Grab_super_passive() is called from
two places: in icache/dcache shrinkers (function super_cache_scan) and
from writeback (function __writeback_inodes_wb). Both are required for
progress in memory allocator.
Grab_super_passive() acquires sb_lock to increment sb->s_count and check
sb->s_instances. It seems sb->s_umount locked for read is enough here:
super-block deactivation always runs under sb->s_umount locked for write.
Protecting super-block itself isn't a problem: in super_cache_scan() sb
is protected by shrinker_rwsem: it cannot be freed if its slab shrinkers
are still active. Inside writeback super-block comes from inode from bdi
writeback list under wb->list_lock.
This patch removes locking sb_lock and checks s_instances under s_umount:
generic_shutdown_super() unlinks it under sb->s_umount locked for write.
New variant is called trylock_super() and since it only locks semaphore,
callers must call up_read(&sb->s_umount) instead of drop_super(sb) when
they're done.
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/internal.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/internal.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h index 30459dab409d..01dce1d1476b 100644 --- a/fs/internal.h +++ b/fs/internal.h @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern struct file *get_empty_filp(void); * super.c */ extern int do_remount_sb(struct super_block *, int, void *, int); -extern bool grab_super_passive(struct super_block *sb); +extern bool trylock_super(struct super_block *sb); extern struct dentry *mount_fs(struct file_system_type *, int, const char *, void *); extern struct super_block *user_get_super(dev_t); |