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    dcache: use IS_ROOT to decide where dentry is hashed · 7632e465
    J. Bruce Fields 提交于
    Every hashed dentry is either hashed in the dentry_hashtable, or a
    superblock's s_anon list.
    
    __d_drop() assumes it can determine which is the case by checking
    DCACHE_DISCONNECTED; this is not true.
    
    It is true that when DCACHE_DISCONNECTED is cleared, the dentry is not
    only hashed on dentry_hashtable, but is fully connected to its parents
    back to the root.
    
    But the converse is *not* true: fs/exportfs/expfs.c:reconnect_path()
    attempts to connect a directory (found by filehandle lookup) back to
    root by ascending to parents and performing lookups one at a time.  It
    does not clear DCACHE_DISCONNECTED until it's done, and that is not at
    all an atomic process.
    
    In particular, it is possible for DCACHE_DISCONNECTED to be set on a
    dentry which is hashed on the dentry_hashtable.
    
    Instead, use IS_ROOT() to check which hash chain a dentry is on.  This
    *does* work:
    
    Dentries are hashed only by:
    
    	- d_obtain_alias, which adds an IS_ROOT() dentry to sb_anon.
    
    	- __d_rehash, called by _d_rehash: hashes to the dentry's
    	  parent, and all callers of _d_rehash appear to have d_parent
    	  set to a "real" parent.
    	- __d_rehash, called by __d_move: rehashes the moved dentry to
    	  hash chain determined by target, and assigns target's d_parent
    	  to its d_parent, before dropping the dentry's d_lock.
    
    Therefore I believe it's safe for a holder of a dentry's d_lock to
    assume that it is hashed on sb_anon if and only if IS_ROOT(dentry) is
    true.
    
    I believe the incorrect assumption about DCACHE_DISCONNECTED was
    originally introduced by ceb5bdc2 "fs: dcache per-bucket dcache hash
    locking".
    
    Also add a comment while we're here.
    
    Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
    Acked-by: NChristoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
    Reviewed-by: NNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: NJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: NAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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