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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-06-15 02:44:23 +0530
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-06-15 02:44:23 +0530
commitfac863c887a05d7c3091c5eccf30c89c2116ae11 (patch)
tree484ba400219e0063b71009b35141d0f6150ba9f9
parent4d23bdc4988efc22904c78ca36ebeef5deb950db (diff)
parent5b451b76c85c8309d2e02caa467b38f5999c986f (diff)
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Merge tag 'vfs-7.2-rc1.inode' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull vfs inode updates from Christian Brauner: "This extends the lockless ->i_count handling. iput() could already decrement any value greater than one locklessly but acquiring a reference always required taking inode->i_lock. Now acquiring a reference is lockless as long as the count was already at least 1, i.e., only the 0->1 and 1->0 transitions take the lock. This avoids the lock for the common cases of nfs calling into the inode hash and btrfs using igrab(). Cleanup-wise icount_read_once() is added to line up with inode_state_read_once() and the open-coded ->i_count loads across the tree are converted, and ihold() is relocated and tidied up. On top of that some stale lock ordering annotations are retired from the inode hash code: iunique() no longer takes the hash lock since the inode hash became RCU-searchable and s_inode_list_lock is no longer taken under the hash lock either" * tag 'vfs-7.2-rc1.inode' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: fs: retire stale lock ordering annotations from inode hash fs: allow lockless ->i_count bumps as long as it does not transition 0->1 fs: relocate and tidy up ihold() fs: add icount_read_once() and stop open-coding ->i_count loads
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/btrfs/inode.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/ceph/mds_client.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/ialloc.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/hpfs/inode.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/inode.c100
-rw-r--r--fs/nfs/inode.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/smb/client/inode.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/super.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h13
-rw-r--r--include/trace/events/filelock.h2
-rw-r--r--security/landlock/fs.c2
15 files changed, 112 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
index 10fa9b844fcc..f6de8c1169d5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ static int spufs_mfc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if (ctx->owner != current->mm)
return -EINVAL;
- if (icount_read(inode) != 1)
+ if (icount_read_once(inode) != 1)
return -EBUSY;
mutex_lock(&ctx->mapping_lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 1ca1cbdf25bc..509042adee07 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4745,7 +4745,7 @@ static void btrfs_prune_dentries(struct btrfs_root *root)
inode = btrfs_find_first_inode(root, min_ino);
while (inode) {
- if (icount_read(&inode->vfs_inode) > 1)
+ if (icount_read_once(&inode->vfs_inode) > 1)
d_prune_aliases(&inode->vfs_inode);
min_ino = btrfs_ino(inode) + 1;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index ed17e0023705..0edb6a251501 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ static int trim_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, int mds, void *arg)
int count;
dput(dentry);
d_prune_aliases(inode);
- count = icount_read(inode);
+ count = icount_read_once(inode);
if (count == 1)
(*remaining)--;
doutc(cl, "%p %llx.%llx cap %p pruned, count now %d\n",
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 2c61aeea41f4..c8cc7c26b725 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -2100,6 +2100,10 @@ void d_instantiate_new(struct dentry *entry, struct inode *inode)
__d_instantiate(entry, inode);
spin_unlock(&entry->d_lock);
WARN_ON(!(inode_state_read(inode) & I_NEW));
+ /*
+ * Paired with igrab_from_hash()
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
inode_state_clear(inode, I_NEW | I_CREATING);
inode_wake_up_bit(inode, __I_NEW);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 3fd8f0099852..8c80d5087516 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ void ext4_free_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
"nonexistent device\n", __func__, __LINE__);
return;
}
- if (icount_read(inode) > 1) {
+ if (icount_read_once(inode) > 1) {
ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "%s:%d: inode #%llu: count=%d",
__func__, __LINE__, inode->i_ino,
- icount_read(inode));
+ icount_read_once(inode));
return;
}
if (inode->i_nlink) {
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/inode.c b/fs/hpfs/inode.c
index 0e932cc8be1b..1b4fcf760aad 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/inode.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void hpfs_write_inode(struct inode *i)
struct hpfs_inode_info *hpfs_inode = hpfs_i(i);
struct inode *parent;
if (i->i_ino == hpfs_sb(i->i_sb)->sb_root) return;
- if (hpfs_inode->i_rddir_off && !icount_read(i)) {
+ if (hpfs_inode->i_rddir_off && !icount_read_once(i)) {
if (*hpfs_inode->i_rddir_off)
pr_err("write_inode: some position still there\n");
kfree(hpfs_inode->i_rddir_off);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 62c579a0cf7d..acf206beb2e0 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@
* inode->i_lock
*
* inode_hash_lock
- * inode->i_sb->s_inode_list_lock
* inode->i_lock
- *
- * iunique_lock
- * inode_hash_lock
*/
static unsigned int i_hash_mask __ro_after_init;
@@ -518,15 +514,6 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
inode_init_once(inode);
}
-/*
- * get additional reference to inode; caller must already hold one.
- */
-void ihold(struct inode *inode)
-{
- WARN_ON(atomic_inc_return(&inode->i_count) < 2);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ihold);
-
struct wait_queue_head *inode_bit_waitqueue(struct wait_bit_queue_entry *wqe,
struct inode *inode, u32 bit)
{
@@ -902,7 +889,7 @@ void evict_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
again:
spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
- if (icount_read(inode))
+ if (icount_read_once(inode))
continue;
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -1032,6 +1019,7 @@ long prune_icache_sb(struct super_block *sb, struct shrink_control *sc)
}
static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode, bool hash_locked, bool rcu_locked);
+static bool igrab_from_hash(struct inode *inode);
/*
* Called with the inode lock held.
@@ -1056,6 +1044,11 @@ repeat:
continue;
if (!test(inode, data))
continue;
+ if (igrab_from_hash(inode)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ *isnew = false;
+ return inode;
+ }
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (inode_state_read(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
__wait_on_freeing_inode(inode, hash_locked, true);
@@ -1098,6 +1091,11 @@ repeat:
continue;
if (inode->i_sb != sb)
continue;
+ if (igrab_from_hash(inode)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ *isnew = false;
+ return inode;
+ }
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (inode_state_read(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
__wait_on_freeing_inode(inode, hash_locked, true);
@@ -1215,6 +1213,10 @@ void unlock_new_inode(struct inode *inode)
lockdep_annotate_inode_mutex_key(inode);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
WARN_ON(!(inode_state_read(inode) & I_NEW));
+ /*
+ * Paired with igrab_from_hash()
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
inode_state_clear(inode, I_NEW | I_CREATING);
inode_wake_up_bit(inode, __I_NEW);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -1226,6 +1228,10 @@ void discard_new_inode(struct inode *inode)
lockdep_annotate_inode_mutex_key(inode);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
WARN_ON(!(inode_state_read(inode) & I_NEW));
+ /*
+ * Paired with igrab_from_hash()
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
inode_state_clear(inode, I_NEW);
inode_wake_up_bit(inode, __I_NEW);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -1572,8 +1578,27 @@ ino_t iunique(struct super_block *sb, ino_t max_reserved)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique);
+/**
+ * ihold - get a reference on the inode, provided you already have one
+ * @inode: inode to operate on
+ */
+void ihold(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(icount_read_once(inode) < 1, inode);
+ WARN_ON(atomic_inc_return(&inode->i_count) < 2);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ihold);
+
struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode)
{
+ /*
+ * Read commentary above igrab_from_hash() for an explanation why this works.
+ */
+ if (atomic_add_unless(&inode->i_count, 1, 0)) {
+ VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(inode_state_read_once(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE), inode);
+ return inode;
+ }
+
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (!(inode_state_read(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE))) {
__iget(inode);
@@ -1591,6 +1616,43 @@ struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(igrab);
+/*
+ * igrab_from_hash - special inode refcount acquire primitive for the inode hash
+ *
+ * It provides lockless refcount acquire in the common case of no problematic
+ * flags being set and the count being > 0.
+ *
+ * There are 4 state flags to worry about and the routine makes sure to not bump the
+ * ref if any of them is present.
+ *
+ * I_NEW and I_CREATING can only legally get set *before* the inode becomes visible
+ * during lookup. Thus if the flags are not spotted, they are guaranteed to not be
+ * a factor. However, we need an acquire fence before returning the inode just
+ * in case we raced against clearing the state to make sure our consumer picks up
+ * any other changes made prior. atomic_add_unless provides a full fence, which
+ * takes care of it.
+ *
+ * I_FREEING and I_WILL_FREE can only legally get set if ->i_count == 0 and it is
+ * illegal to bump the ref if either is present. Consequently if atomic_add_unless
+ * managed to replace a non-0 value with a bigger one, we have a guarantee neither
+ * of these flags is set. Note this means explicitly checking of these flags below
+ * is not necessary, it is only done because it does not cost anything on top of the
+ * load which already needs to be done to handle the other flags.
+ */
+static bool igrab_from_hash(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ if (inode_state_read_once(inode) & (I_NEW | I_CREATING | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE))
+ return false;
+ /*
+ * Paired with routines clearing I_NEW
+ */
+ if (atomic_add_unless(&inode->i_count, 1, 0)) {
+ VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(inode_state_read_once(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE), inode);
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
/**
* ilookup5_nowait - search for an inode in the inode cache
* @sb: super block of file system to search
@@ -1920,7 +1982,7 @@ static void iput_final(struct inode *inode)
int drop;
WARN_ON(inode_state_read(inode) & I_NEW);
- VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(atomic_read(&inode->i_count) != 0, inode);
+ VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(icount_read(inode) != 0, inode);
if (op->drop_inode)
drop = op->drop_inode(inode);
@@ -1939,7 +2001,7 @@ static void iput_final(struct inode *inode)
* Re-check ->i_count in case the ->drop_inode() hooks played games.
* Note we only execute this if the verdict was to drop the inode.
*/
- VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(atomic_read(&inode->i_count) != 0, inode);
+ VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(icount_read(inode) != 0, inode);
if (drop) {
inode_state_set(inode, I_FREEING);
@@ -1983,7 +2045,7 @@ retry:
* equal to one, then two CPUs racing to further drop it can both
* conclude it's fine.
*/
- VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(atomic_read(&inode->i_count) < 1, inode);
+ VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(icount_read_once(inode) < 1, inode);
if (atomic_add_unless(&inode->i_count, -1, 1))
return;
@@ -2017,7 +2079,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iput);
void iput_not_last(struct inode *inode)
{
VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(inode_state_read_once(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR), inode);
- VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(atomic_read(&inode->i_count) < 2, inode);
+ VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(icount_read_once(inode) < 2, inode);
WARN_ON(atomic_sub_return(1, &inode->i_count) == 0);
}
@@ -3046,7 +3108,7 @@ void dump_inode(struct inode *inode, const char *reason)
}
state = inode_state_read_once(inode);
- count = atomic_read(&inode->i_count);
+ count = icount_read_once(inode);
if (!sb ||
get_kernel_nofault(s_type, &sb->s_type) || !s_type ||
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index e26030e73696..cd9930dee00e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ nfs_fhget(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fh *fh, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
inode->i_sb->s_id,
(unsigned long long)NFS_FILEID(inode),
nfs_display_fhandle_hash(fh),
- icount_read(inode));
+ icount_read_once(inode));
out:
return inode;
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: %s(%s/%llu fh_crc=0x%08x ct=%d info=0x%llx)\n",
__func__, inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino,
nfs_display_fhandle_hash(NFS_FH(inode)),
- icount_read(inode), fattr->valid);
+ icount_read_once(inode), fattr->valid);
if (!(fattr->valid & NFS_ATTR_FATTR_FILEID)) {
/* Only a mounted-on-fileid? Just exit */
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/inode.c b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
index 9472c0a6c187..6c22fc326750 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
@@ -2845,7 +2845,7 @@ int cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr(struct dentry *dentry)
}
cifs_dbg(FYI, "Update attributes: %s inode 0x%p count %d dentry: 0x%p d_time %ld jiffies %ld\n",
- full_path, inode, icount_read(inode),
+ full_path, inode, icount_read_once(inode),
dentry, cifs_get_time(dentry), jiffies);
again:
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 9a77d8b64ffa..38972786817e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static void ubifs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
goto out;
dbg_gen("inode %llu, mode %#x", inode->i_ino, (int)inode->i_mode);
- ubifs_assert(c, !icount_read(inode));
+ ubifs_assert(c, !icount_read_once(inode));
truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 9978ac1422fc..ddf2707c8894 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ xfs_itruncate_extents_flags(
int error = 0;
xfs_assert_ilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
- if (icount_read(VFS_I(ip)))
+ if (icount_read_once(VFS_I(ip)))
xfs_assert_ilocked(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
if (whichfork == XFS_DATA_FORK)
ASSERT(new_size <= XFS_ISIZE(ip));
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index 1c098cfc5c00..f87c738d84b2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_iref_class,
TP_fast_assign(
__entry->dev = VFS_I(ip)->i_sb->s_dev;
__entry->ino = ip->i_ino;
- __entry->count = icount_read(VFS_I(ip));
+ __entry->count = icount_read_once(VFS_I(ip));
__entry->pincount = atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount);
__entry->iflags = ip->i_flags;
__entry->caller_ip = caller_ip;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 11559c513dfb..c5c31a6f7ed5 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2218,8 +2218,21 @@ static inline void mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode)
__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC);
}
+/*
+ * returns the refcount on the inode. it can change arbitrarily.
+ */
+static inline int icount_read_once(const struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return atomic_read(&inode->i_count);
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns the refcount on the inode. The lock guarantees no 0->1 or 1->0 transitions
+ * of the count are going to take place, otherwise it changes arbitrarily.
+ */
static inline int icount_read(const struct inode *inode)
{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&inode->i_lock);
return atomic_read(&inode->i_count);
}
diff --git a/include/trace/events/filelock.h b/include/trace/events/filelock.h
index 116774886244..c8c8847bb6f6 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/filelock.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/filelock.h
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(generic_add_lease,
__entry->i_ino = inode->i_ino;
__entry->wcount = atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount);
__entry->rcount = atomic_read(&inode->i_readcount);
- __entry->icount = icount_read(inode);
+ __entry->icount = icount_read_once(inode);
__entry->owner = fl->c.flc_owner;
__entry->flags = fl->c.flc_flags;
__entry->type = fl->c.flc_type;
diff --git a/security/landlock/fs.c b/security/landlock/fs.c
index c1ecfe239032..32d560f12dbd 100644
--- a/security/landlock/fs.c
+++ b/security/landlock/fs.c
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ static void hook_sb_delete(struct super_block *const sb)
struct landlock_object *object;
/* Only handles referenced inodes. */
- if (!icount_read(inode))
+ if (!icount_read_once(inode))
continue;
/*