fs: scale inode alias list

Add a new lock, dcache_inode_lock, to protect the inode's i_dentry list
from concurrent modification. d_alias is also protected by d_lock.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index aa4f25e803f6..ae769fc9b66c 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
 	watched = fsnotify_inode_watches_children(inode);
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dcache_inode_lock);
 	/* run all of the dentries associated with this inode.  Since this is a
 	 * directory, there damn well better only be one item on this list */
 	list_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_alias) {
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&alias->d_lock);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&dcache_inode_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }