tree 989bac3ffce8a0f7f9184e14afb2dd9c28693cfe
parent 525d27b23555419e0e7b73fb6e78d4d678cb4f32
author David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> 1425564562 +0000
committer Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> 1429124728 -0400

VFS: Impose ordering on accesses of d_inode and d_flags

Impose ordering on accesses of d_inode and d_flags to avoid the need to do
this:

	if (!dentry->d_inode || d_is_negative(dentry)) {

when this:

	if (d_is_negative(dentry)) {

should suffice.

This check is especially problematic if a dentry can have its type field set
to something other than DENTRY_MISS_TYPE when d_inode is NULL (as in
unionmount).

What we really need to do is stick a write barrier between setting d_inode and
setting d_flags and a read barrier between reading d_flags and reading
d_inode.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>