Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  autofs4: deal with autofs4_write/autofs4_write races
  autofs4: catatonic_mode vs. notify_daemon race
  autofs4: autofs4_wait() vs. autofs4_catatonic_mode() race
  hfsplus: creation of hidden dir on mount can fail
  block_dev: Suppress bdev_cache_init() kmemleak warninig
  fix shrink_dcache_parent() livelock
  coda: switch coda_cnode_make() to sane API as well, clean coda_lookup()
  coda: deal correctly with allocation failure from coda_cnode_makectl()
  securityfs: fix object creation races

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 3c6d3113a255..616fedff011a 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static void dentry_lru_add(struct dentry *dentry)
 static void __dentry_lru_del(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	list_del_init(&dentry->d_lru);
+	dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
 	dentry->d_sb->s_nr_dentry_unused--;
 	dentry_stat.nr_unused--;
 }
@@ -806,6 +807,7 @@ relock:
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		} else {
 			list_move_tail(&dentry->d_lru, &tmp);
+			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
 			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			if (!--count)
 				break;
@@ -1097,14 +1099,19 @@ resume:
 
 		/*
 		 * move only zero ref count dentries to the dispose list.
+		 *
+		 * Those which are presently on the shrink list, being processed
+		 * by shrink_dentry_list(), shouldn't be moved.  Otherwise the
+		 * loop in shrink_dcache_parent() might not make any progress
+		 * and loop forever.
 		 */
-		if (!dentry->d_count) {
+		if (dentry->d_count) {
+			dentry_lru_del(dentry);
+		} else if (!(dentry->d_flags & DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST)) {
 			dentry_lru_move_list(dentry, dispose);
+			dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_SHRINK_LIST;
 			found++;
-		} else {
-			dentry_lru_del(dentry);
 		}
-
 		/*
 		 * We can return to the caller if we have found some (this
 		 * ensures forward progress). We'll be coming back to find