From f8d546333b9072184e6d8e73a61f767349bff120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Layton Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 07:15:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] nfsd: add some comments to nfsd_file_do_acquire [ Upstream commit b680cb9b737331aad271feebbedafb865504e234 ] David Howells mentioned that he found this bit of code confusing, so sprinkle in some comments to clarify. Reported-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- fs/nfsd/filecache.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c index 43bb2fd47..faa0c7d02 100755 --- a/fs/nfsd/filecache.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/filecache.c @@ -1093,6 +1093,11 @@ retry: rcu_read_unlock(); if (nf) { + /* + * If the nf is on the LRU then it holds an extra reference + * that must be put if it's removed. It had better not be + * the last one however, since we should hold another. + */ if (nfsd_file_lru_remove(nf)) WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_dec_and_test(&nf->nf_ref)); goto wait_for_construction;