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Linux: zhold znode when handing out link to VFS
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Other linux fs implementations seem to hold a reference to some buffer
which seems to cause the inode to stay in place in tight memory conditions.

Replicate such behavior.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Snajdr <[email protected]>
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snajpa committed Oct 30, 2024
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20 changes: 17 additions & 3 deletions module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c
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Expand Up @@ -694,10 +694,19 @@ zpl_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
return (error);
}

struct zpl_link_info {
znode_t *zp;
char *name;
};

static void
zpl_put_link(void *ptr)
{
kmem_free(ptr, MAXPATHLEN);
struct zpl_link_info *zpl_li = ptr;

zrele(zpl_li->zp);
kmem_free(zpl_li->name, MAXPATHLEN);
kmem_free(zpl_li, sizeof (struct zpl_link_info));
}

static int
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -734,7 +743,8 @@ static const char *
zpl_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
struct delayed_call *done)
{
char *link = NULL;
char *link;
struct zpl_link_info *zpl_li;
int error;

if (!dentry)
Expand All @@ -744,7 +754,11 @@ zpl_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
if (error)
return (ERR_PTR(error));

set_delayed_call(done, zpl_put_link, link);
zpl_li = kmem_zalloc(sizeof (struct zpl_link_info), KM_SLEEP);
zpl_li->zp = ITOZ(inode);
zhold(zpl_li->zp);
zpl_li->name = link;
set_delayed_call(done, zpl_put_link, zpl_li);

return (link);
}
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