[PATCH v1 03/12] fsnotify: don't hold a spin_lock across fsnotify_recalc_mask() calls.
NeilBrown <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 11:21:12 +1000
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.autofs,org.kernel.vger.ceph-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-nfs |
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From: NeilBrown <[email protected]> fsnotify_recalc_mask() is normally called without any spin_lock held, though fsnotify_group_lock() (a mutex) is often held. However dnotify_recalc_inode_mask() does hold a spin_lock when calling fsnotify_recalc_mask(). This is problematic as fsnotify_recalc_mask() can walk the d_children list which can be long. Holding a spin_lock prevents us from using cond_resched() in that walk. So change dnotify_recalc_inode_mask() to NOT call fsnotify_recalc_mask() but install return a flag indicating if it needs to be called. Callers check this flag and call fsnotify_recalc_mask() after dropping the spin_lock. As part of this, dnotify_handle_event() now only calls dnotify_recalc_inode_mask() once rather than possibly several times during the loop. After this change, the only spin_locks held across the d_children walk are the inodes i_lock and the dentries d_lock. These will be addressed in later patches. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]> --- fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c index 9fb73bafd41d..7553fe0d7850 100644 --- a/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c +++ b/fs/notify/dnotify/dnotify.c @@ -52,14 +52,15 @@ struct dnotify_mark { }; /* - * When a process starts or stops watching an inode the set of events which - * dnotify cares about for that inode may change. This function runs the - * list of everything receiving dnotify events about this directory and calculates - * the set of all those events. After it updates what dnotify is interested in - * it calls the fsnotify function so it can update the set of all events relevant - * to this inode. + * When a process starts or stops watching an inode the set of events + * which dnotify cares about for that inode may change. This function + * runs the list of everything receiving dnotify events about this + * directory and calculates the set of all those events. After it + * updates what dnotify is interested in it returns true if the fsnotify + * function should be called (after dropping the lock) so it can update + * the set of all events relevant to this inode. */ -static void dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark) +static bool dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark) { __u32 new_mask = 0; struct dnotify_struct *dn; @@ -72,10 +73,9 @@ static void dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(struct fsnotify_mark *fsn_mark) for (dn = dn_mark->dn; dn != NULL; dn = dn->dn_next) new_mask |= (dn->dn_mask & ~FS_DN_MULTISHOT); if (fsn_mark->mask == new_mask) - return; + return false; fsn_mark->mask = new_mask; - - fsnotify_recalc_mask(fsn_mark->connector); + return true; } /* @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static int dnotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask, struct dnotify_struct *dn; struct dnotify_struct **prev; struct fown_struct *fown; + bool need_recalc = false; __u32 test_mask = mask & ~FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD; /* not a dir, dnotify doesn't care */ @@ -116,11 +117,15 @@ static int dnotify_handle_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask, else { *prev = dn->dn_next; kmem_cache_free(dnotify_struct_cache, dn); - dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(inode_mark); + need_recalc = true; } } + if (need_recalc) + need_recalc = dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(inode_mark); spin_unlock(&inode_mark->lock); + if (need_recalc) + fsnotify_recalc_mask(inode_mark->connector); return 0; } @@ -156,6 +161,7 @@ void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id) struct dnotify_struct **prev; struct inode *inode; bool free = false; + bool need_recalc = false; inode = file_inode(filp); if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) @@ -174,13 +180,16 @@ void dnotify_flush(struct file *filp, fl_owner_t id) if ((dn->dn_owner == id) && (dn->dn_filp == filp)) { *prev = dn->dn_next; kmem_cache_free(dnotify_struct_cache, dn); - dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(fsn_mark); + if (dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(fsn_mark)) + need_recalc = true; break; } prev = &dn->dn_next; } spin_unlock(&fsn_mark->lock); + if (need_recalc) + fsnotify_recalc_mask(fsn_mark->connector); /* nothing else could have found us thanks to the dnotify_groups mark_mutex */ @@ -265,6 +274,7 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int arg) fl_owner_t id = current->files; struct file *f = NULL; int destroy = 0, error = 0; + bool need_recalc = false; __u32 mask; /* we use these to tell if we need to kfree */ @@ -377,9 +387,11 @@ int fcntl_dirnotify(int fd, struct file *filp, unsigned int arg) else if (error == -EEXIST) error = 0; - dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(fsn_mark); + need_recalc = dnotify_recalc_inode_mask(fsn_mark); out: spin_unlock(&fsn_mark->lock); + if (need_recalc) + fsnotify_recalc_mask(fsn_mark->connector); if (destroy) fsnotify_detach_mark(fsn_mark); -- 2.50.0.107.gf914562f5916.dirty