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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Daire Byrne <daire@dneg.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>,
	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
	Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] VFS: move want_write checks into lookup_hash_update()
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 04:48:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YwmUC7UNvNFdLTlc@ZenIV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <166147984374.25420.3477094952897986387.stgit@noble.brown>

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 12:10:43PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> mnt_want_write() is always called before lookup_hash_update(), so
> we can simplify the code by moving the call into that function.
> 
> If lookup_hash_update() succeeds, it now will have claimed the
> want_write lock.  If it fails, the want_write lock isn't held.
> 
> To allow this, lookup_hash_update() now receives a 'struct path *'
> instead of 'struct dentry *'
> 
> Note that when creating a name, any error from mnt_want_write() does not
> get reported unless there is no other error.  For unlink/rmdir though,
> an error from mnt_want_write() is immediately fatal - overriding ENOENT
> for example.  This behaviour seems strange, but this patch is careful to
> preserve it.

Would be a nice idea, if not for the mess with LOOKUP_SILLY_RENAME later
in the series...

  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-27  3:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-26  2:10 [PATCH/RFC 00/10 v5] Improve scalability of directory operations NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 09/10] VFS: add LOOKUP_SILLY_RENAME NeilBrown
2022-08-27  1:21   ` Al Viro
2022-08-29  3:15     ` NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 01/10] VFS: support parallel updates in the one directory NeilBrown
2022-08-26 19:06   ` Linus Torvalds
2022-08-26 23:06     ` NeilBrown
2022-08-27  0:13       ` Linus Torvalds
2022-08-27  0:23         ` Al Viro
2022-08-27 21:14         ` Al Viro
2022-08-27  0:17     ` Al Viro
2022-09-01  0:31       ` NeilBrown
2022-09-01  3:44         ` Al Viro
2022-08-27  3:43   ` Al Viro
2022-08-29  1:59     ` NeilBrown
2022-09-03  0:06       ` Al Viro
2022-09-03  1:40         ` NeilBrown
2022-09-03  2:12           ` Al Viro
2022-09-03 17:52             ` Al Viro
2022-09-04 23:33               ` NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 08/10] NFSD: allow parallel creates from nfsd NeilBrown
2022-08-27  4:37   ` Al Viro
2022-08-29  3:12     ` NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 05/10] VFS: export done_path_update() NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 02/10] VFS: move EEXIST and ENOENT tests into lookup_hash_update() NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 06/10] VFS: support concurrent renames NeilBrown
2022-08-27  4:12   ` Al Viro
2022-08-29  3:08     ` NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 10/10] NFS: support parallel updates in the one directory NeilBrown
2022-08-26 15:31   ` John Stoffel
2022-08-26 23:13     ` NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 03/10] VFS: move want_write checks into lookup_hash_update() NeilBrown
2022-08-27  3:48   ` Al Viro [this message]
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 04/10] VFS: move dput() and mnt_drop_write() into done_path_update() NeilBrown
2022-08-26  2:10 ` [PATCH 07/10] VFS: hold DCACHE_PAR_UPDATE lock across d_revalidate() NeilBrown
2022-08-26 14:42 ` [PATCH/RFC 00/10 v5] Improve scalability of directory operations John Stoffel
2022-08-26 23:30   ` NeilBrown

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