new helper: d_find_alias_rcu()

similar to d_find_alias(inode), except that
	* the caller must be holding rcu_read_lock()
	* inode must not be freed until matching rcu_read_unlock()
	* result is *NOT* pinned and can only be dereferenced until
the matching rcu_read_unlock().

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 97e81a844a96..843546633457 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1043,6 +1043,31 @@ struct dentry *d_find_alias(struct inode *inode)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(d_find_alias);
 
 /*
+ *  Caller MUST be holding rcu_read_lock() and be guaranteed
+ *  that inode won't get freed until rcu_read_unlock().
+ */
+struct dentry *d_find_alias_rcu(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct hlist_head *l = &inode->i_dentry;
+	struct dentry *de = NULL;
+
+	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+	// ->i_dentry and ->i_rcu are colocated, but the latter won't be
+	// used without having I_FREEING set, which means no aliases left
+	if (likely(!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING) && !hlist_empty(l))) {
+		if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
+			de = hlist_entry(l->first, struct dentry, d_u.d_alias);
+		} else {
+			hlist_for_each_entry(de, l, d_u.d_alias)
+				if (!d_unhashed(de))
+					break;
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	return de;
+}
+
+/*
  *	Try to kill dentries associated with this inode.
  * WARNING: you must own a reference to inode.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
index d7b369fc15d3..c1e48014106f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ extern void d_tmpfile(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
 extern struct dentry *d_find_alias(struct inode *);
 extern void d_prune_aliases(struct inode *);
 
+extern struct dentry *d_find_alias_rcu(struct inode *);
+
 /* test whether we have any submounts in a subdir tree */
 extern int path_has_submounts(const struct path *);