1. 25 Mar, 2011 2 commits
    • Dave Chinner's avatar
      fs: factor inode disposal · b2b2af8e
      Dave Chinner authored
      We have a couple of places that dispose of inodes. factor the
      disposal into evict() to isolate this code and make it simpler to
      peel away the inode_lock from the code.
      
      While doing this, change the logic flow in iput_final() to separate
      the different cases that need to be handled to make the transitions
      the inode goes through more obvious.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      b2b2af8e
    • Dave Chinner's avatar
      fs: protect inode->i_state with inode->i_lock · 250df6ed
      Dave Chinner authored
      Protect inode state transitions and validity checks with the
      inode->i_lock. This enables us to make inode state transitions
      independently of the inode_lock and is the first step to peeling
      away the inode_lock from the code.
      
      This requires that __iget() is done atomically with i_state checks
      during list traversals so that we don't race with another thread
      marking the inode I_FREEING between the state check and grabbing the
      reference.
      
      Also remove the unlock_new_inode() memory barrier optimisation
      required to avoid taking the inode_lock when clearing I_NEW.
      Simplify the code by simply taking the inode->i_lock around the
      state change and wakeup. Because the wakeup is no longer tricky,
      remove the wake_up_inode() function and open code the wakeup where
      necessary.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      250df6ed
  2. 24 Mar, 2011 38 commits