ext4: avoid calling ext4_mark_inode_dirty() under unneeded semaphores
There is no need to call ext4_mark_inode_dirty while holding xattr_sem
or i_data_sem, so where it's easy to avoid it, move it out from the
critical region.
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 99a5312..31f98dd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1042,7 +1042,6 @@ static int ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle_t *handle,
dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir);
ext4_update_dx_flag(dir);
dir->i_version++;
- ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
return 1;
}
@@ -1311,8 +1310,8 @@ int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
ret = ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock(handle, dir, &iloc);
out:
- ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
ext4_write_unlock_xattr(dir, &no_expand);
+ ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
brelse(iloc.bh);
return ret;
}
@@ -1708,13 +1707,11 @@ int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
if (err)
goto out;
- err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
- if (unlikely(err))
- goto out;
-
ext4_show_inline_dir(dir, iloc.bh, inline_start, inline_size);
out:
ext4_write_unlock_xattr(dir, &no_expand);
+ if (likely(err == 0))
+ err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
brelse(iloc.bh);
if (err != -ENOENT)
ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);