From 3567866bf26190d1e734c975c907eb06e923ba23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 21:32:13 -0400 Subject: RCUify freeing acls, let check_acl() go ahead in RCU mode if acl is cached Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/namei.c | 17 ++++++----------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs') diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 445fd5da11f..3d607bd80e0 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -179,19 +179,14 @@ static int check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask) #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL struct posix_acl *acl; - /* - * Under RCU walk, we cannot even do a "get_cached_acl()", - * because that involves locking and getting a refcount on - * a cached ACL. - * - * So the only case we handle during RCU walking is the - * case of a cached "no ACL at all", which needs no locks - * or refcounts. - */ if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK) { - if (negative_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS)) + acl = get_cached_acl_rcu(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS); + if (!acl) return -EAGAIN; - return -ECHILD; + /* no ->get_acl() calls in RCU mode... */ + if (acl == ACL_NOT_CACHED) + return -ECHILD; + return posix_acl_permission(inode, acl, mask); } acl = get_cached_acl(inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS); -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258