'dentry_d_lock_class' can be used for spin_lock_nested in case lockdep confused about two different dentry take the 'd_lock'. However, a single 'DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED' may not be enough if more than two dentry are involed. So, add in 'DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED_TWICE'. Signed-off-by: yu kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/dcache.h | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h index 10090f11ab95..830405b401ce 100644 --- a/include/linux/dcache.h +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h @@ -129,7 +129,16 @@ struct dentry { enum dentry_d_lock_class { DENTRY_D_LOCK_NORMAL, /* implicitly used by plain spin_lock() APIs. */ - DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED + /* + * used by spin_lock_nested when two d_lock need to be taken + * at the same time + */ + DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED, + /* + * used by spin_lock_nested when three d_lock need to be taken + * at the same time + */ + DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED_TWICE }; struct dentry_operations { -- 2.17.2