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diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index bc734f8b3e18..157657b32798 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -178,53 +178,48 @@ void put_super(struct super_block *sb)
/**
- * deactivate_super - drop an active reference to superblock
+ * deactivate_locked_super - drop an active reference to superblock
* @s: superblock to deactivate
*
- * Drops an active reference to superblock, acquiring a temprory one if
- * there is no active references left. In that case we lock superblock,
+ * Drops an active reference to superblock, converting it into a temprory
+ * one if there is no other active references left. In that case we
* tell fs driver to shut it down and drop the temporary reference we
* had just acquired.
+ *
+ * Caller holds exclusive lock on superblock; that lock is released.
*/
-void deactivate_super(struct super_block *s)
+void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *s)
{
struct file_system_type *fs = s->s_type;
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&s->s_active)) {
vfs_dq_off(s, 0);
- down_write(&s->s_umount);
fs->kill_sb(s);
put_filesystem(fs);
put_super(s);
+ } else {
+ up_write(&s->s_umount);
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_super);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_locked_super);
/**
- * deactivate_locked_super - drop an active reference to superblock
+ * deactivate_super - drop an active reference to superblock
* @s: superblock to deactivate
*
- * Equivalent of up_write(&s->s_umount); deactivate_super(s);, except that
- * it does not unlock it until it's all over. As the result, it's safe to
- * use to dispose of new superblock on ->get_sb() failure exits - nobody
- * will see the sucker until it's all over. Equivalent using up_write +
- * deactivate_super is safe for that purpose only if superblock is either
- * safe to use or has NULL ->s_root when we unlock.
+ * Variant of deactivate_locked_super(), except that superblock is *not*
+ * locked by caller. If we are going to drop the final active reference,
+ * lock will be acquired prior to that.
*/
-void deactivate_locked_super(struct super_block *s)
+void deactivate_super(struct super_block *s)
{
- struct file_system_type *fs = s->s_type;
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&s->s_active)) {
- vfs_dq_off(s, 0);
- fs->kill_sb(s);
- put_filesystem(fs);
- put_super(s);
- } else {
- up_write(&s->s_umount);
+ if (!atomic_add_unless(&s->s_active, -1, 1)) {
+ down_write(&s->s_umount);
+ deactivate_locked_super(s);
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_locked_super);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(deactivate_super);
/**
* grab_super - acquire an active reference
@@ -247,12 +242,10 @@ static int grab_super(struct super_block *s) __releases(sb_lock)
/* it's going away */
s->s_count++;
spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
- /* usually that'll be enough for it to die... */
+ /* wait for it to die */
down_write(&s->s_umount);
up_write(&s->s_umount);
put_super(s);
- /* ... but in case it wasn't, let's at least yield() */
- yield();
return 0;
}