fs/dcache.c: avoid soft-lockup in dput()

[cascardo/linux.git] / fs / dcache.c

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 6d60a76..f650a4f 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ static struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 failed:
        spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-       cpu_relax();
        return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
 }
 
@@ -770,6 +769,8 @@ void dput(struct dentry *dentry)
                return;
 
 repeat:
+       might_sleep();
+
        rcu_read_lock();
        if (likely(fast_dput(dentry))) {
                rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -803,8 +804,10 @@ repeat:
 
 kill_it:
        dentry = dentry_kill(dentry);
-       if (dentry)
+       if (dentry) {
+               cond_resched();
                goto repeat;
+       }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dput);