Pseudo filesystems that don't put inode on RCU list or reachable by rcu-walk dentries do not need to RCU free their inodes. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/inode.c | 6 ++++++ fs/pipe.c | 6 +++++- include/linux/fs.h | 1 + include/linux/net.h | 1 + net/socket.c | 17 +++++++++-------- 5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/net/socket.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/net/socket.c 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/net/socket.c 2010-10-19 14:19:22.000000000 +1100 @@ -262,20 +262,21 @@ } -static void sock_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head) + +static void wq_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head) { - struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu); - struct socket_alloc *ei = container_of(inode, struct socket_alloc, - vfs_inode); + struct socket_wq *wq = container_of(head, struct socket_wq, rcu); - kfree(ei->socket.wq); - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry); - kmem_cache_free(sock_inode_cachep, ei); + kfree(wq); } static void sock_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode) { - call_rcu(&inode->i_rcu, sock_free_rcu); + struct socket_alloc *ei; + + ei = container_of(inode, struct socket_alloc, vfs_inode); + call_rcu(&ei->socket.wq->rcu, wq_free_rcu); + kmem_cache_free(sock_inode_cachep, ei); } static void init_once(void *foo) Index: linux-2.6/fs/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/inode.c 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/inode.c 2010-10-19 14:19:25.000000000 +1100 @@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ return inode; } +void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode) +{ + kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, inode); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_inode_nonrcu); + void __destroy_inode(struct inode *inode) { BUG_ON(inode_has_buffers(inode)); Index: linux-2.6/fs/pipe.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/pipe.c 2010-10-19 14:17:18.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/pipe.c 2010-10-19 14:19:22.000000000 +1100 @@ -1239,6 +1239,10 @@ return ret; } +static const struct super_operations pipefs_ops = { + .destroy_inode = free_inode_nonrcu, +}; + /* * pipefs should _never_ be mounted by userland - too much of security hassle, * no real gain from having the whole whorehouse mounted. So we don't need @@ -1249,7 +1253,7 @@ int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt) { - return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type, "pipe:", NULL, PIPEFS_MAGIC, mnt); + return get_sb_pseudo(fs_type, "pipe:", &pipefs_ops, PIPEFS_MAGIC, mnt); } static struct file_system_type pipe_fs_type = { Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h 2010-10-19 14:19:24.000000000 +1100 @@ -2196,6 +2196,7 @@ extern void destroy_inode(struct inode *); extern void __destroy_inode(struct inode *); extern struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *); +extern void free_inode_nonrcu(struct inode *inode); extern int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *); extern int file_remove_suid(struct file *); Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/net.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/net.h 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/net.h 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100 @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct socket_wq { wait_queue_head_t wait; struct fasync_struct *fasync_list; + struct rcu_head rcu; } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp; /** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html