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-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/list.h12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 5cdd14e9585..42d290be0ac 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -553,18 +553,18 @@ void shrink_dcache_sb(struct super_block * sb)
* superblock to the most recent end of the unused list.
*/
spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
- list_for_each_safe(tmp, next, &dentry_unused) {
+ list_for_each_prev_safe(tmp, next, &dentry_unused) {
dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
if (dentry->d_sb != sb)
continue;
- list_move(tmp, &dentry_unused);
+ list_move_tail(tmp, &dentry_unused);
}
/*
* Pass two ... free the dentries for this superblock.
*/
repeat:
- list_for_each_safe(tmp, next, &dentry_unused) {
+ list_for_each_prev_safe(tmp, next, &dentry_unused) {
dentry = list_entry(tmp, struct dentry, d_lru);
if (dentry->d_sb != sb)
continue;
diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index ad9dcb9e337..b0cf0135fe3 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -478,6 +478,18 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
pos = n, n = pos->next)
/**
+ * list_for_each_prev_safe - iterate over a list backwards safe against removal
+ of list entry
+ * @pos: the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @n: another &struct list_head to use as temporary storage
+ * @head: the head for your list.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, n, head) \
+ for (pos = (head)->prev, n = pos->prev; \
+ prefetch(pos->prev), pos != (head); \
+ pos = n, n = pos->prev)
+
+/**
* list_for_each_entry - iterate over list of given type
* @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor.
* @head: the head for your list.