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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/dcache.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/dcache.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index 6386b9b625dd..0f6b16ba30d0 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -1913,8 +1913,13 @@ void d_instantiate_new(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode) __d_instantiate(entry, inode); WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_NEW)); inode->i_state &= ~I_NEW & ~I_CREATING; + /* + * Pairs with the barrier in prepare_to_wait_event() to make sure + * ___wait_var_event() either sees the bit cleared or + * waitqueue_active() check in wake_up_var() sees the waiter. + */ smp_mb(); - wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW); + inode_wake_up_bit(inode, __I_NEW); spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_instantiate_new); @@ -2168,9 +2173,6 @@ seqretry: * without taking d_lock and checking d_seq sequence count against @seq * returned here. * - * A refcount may be taken on the found dentry with the d_rcu_to_refcount - * function. - * * Alternatively, __d_lookup_rcu may be called again to look up the child of * the returned dentry, so long as its parent's seqlock is checked after the * child is looked up. Thus, an interlocking stepping of sequence lock checks |