fs: scale inode alias list
Add a new lock, dcache_inode_lock, to protect the inode's i_dentry list
from concurrent modification. d_alias is also protected by d_lock.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index aa4f25e..ae769fc 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
watched = fsnotify_inode_watches_children(inode);
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+ spin_lock(&dcache_inode_lock);
/* run all of the dentries associated with this inode. Since this is a
* directory, there damn well better only be one item on this list */
list_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
}
spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
}
+ spin_unlock(&dcache_inode_lock);
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
}