How about something like this.. It still breaks if the _target_ is
unhashed, but quite frankly, if you have unhashed the target, I think
something is seriously wrong.
Linus
--- ===== fs/dcache.c 1.57 vs edited ===== --- 1.57/fs/dcache.c Sat Jun 7 10:17:01 2003 +++ edited/fs/dcache.c Thu Jun 12 09:42:48 2003 @@ -1221,10 +1221,14 @@ } /* Move the dentry to the target hash queue, if on different bucket */ + if (dentry->d_vfs_flags & DCACHE_UNHASHED) + goto already_unhashed; if (dentry->d_bucket != target->d_bucket) { - dentry->d_bucket = target->d_bucket; hlist_del_rcu(&dentry->d_hash); +already_unhashed: + dentry->d_bucket = target->d_bucket; hlist_add_head_rcu(&dentry->d_hash, target->d_bucket); + dentry->d_vfs_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED; } /* Unhash the target: dput() will then get rid of it */- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/