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[PATCH 4/7] fs: use sb_for_each_inodes() API.

From: Julian Sun <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-09 09:01:35
Also in: gfs2, linux-block, linux-fsdevel
Subsystem: filesystems (vfs and infrastructure), the rest · Maintainers: Alexander Viro, Christian Brauner, Linus Torvalds

Use sb_for_each_inodes() in evict_inodes() to avoid rescanning referenced
inodes after each reschedule. Collect eligible inodes during the walk and
dispose of them after it completes.

Convert drop_pagecache_sb() as well, replacing its deferred toput_inode
reference with the iterator's position tracking.

Signed-off-by: Julian Sun <redacted>
---
 fs/drop_caches.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 fs/inode.c       | 49 +++++++++++++-----------------------------------
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/drop_caches.c b/fs/drop_caches.c
index 49f56a598ecb..0d475a5ff8cf 100644
--- a/fs/drop_caches.c
+++ b/fs/drop_caches.c
@@ -16,36 +16,30 @@
 /* A global variable is a bit ugly, but it keeps the code simple */
 static int sysctl_drop_caches;
 
-static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
+static int drop_pagecache_inode_iter_cb(struct inode *inode, void *unused)
 {
-	struct inode *inode, *toput_inode = NULL;
+	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
-	spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
-		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		/*
-		 * We must skip inodes in unusual state. We may also skip
-		 * inodes without pages but we deliberately won't in case
-		 * we need to reschedule to avoid softlockups.
-		 */
-		if ((inode_state_read(inode) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE | I_NEW)) ||
-		    (mapping_empty(inode->i_mapping) && !need_resched())) {
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			continue;
-		}
-		__iget(inode);
+	if (mapping_empty(inode->i_mapping)) {
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
-
-		invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
-		iput(toput_inode);
-		toput_inode = inode;
-
-		cond_resched();
-		spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
+		return 0;
 	}
+
+	__iget(inode);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
-	iput(toput_inode);
+
+	invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, 0, -1);
+	iput(inode);
+
+	spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void drop_pagecache_sb(struct super_block *sb, void *unused)
+{
+	sb_for_each_inodes(sb, INODE_ITER_NORMAL, drop_pagecache_inode_iter_cb, NULL);
 }
 
 static int drop_caches_sysctl_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index b4279063a5dd..07a5f48641af 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -959,6 +959,17 @@ static void dispose_list(struct list_head *head)
 	}
 }
 
+static int evict_inodes_inode_iter_cb(struct inode *inode, void *data)
+{
+	struct list_head *dispose = (struct list_head *)data;
+
+	inode_state_set(inode, I_FREEING);
+	inode_lru_list_del(inode);
+	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+	list_add(&inode->i_lru, dispose);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * evict_inodes	- evict all evictable inodes for a superblock
  * @sb:		superblock to operate on
@@ -970,44 +981,10 @@ static void dispose_list(struct list_head *head)
  */
 void evict_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
 	LIST_HEAD(dispose);
+	unsigned int flags = INODE_ITER_NORMAL | INODE_ITER_UNUSED;
 
-again:
-	spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
-		if (icount_read_once(inode))
-			continue;
-
-		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-		if (icount_read(inode)) {
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			continue;
-		}
-		if (inode_state_read(inode) & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		inode_state_set(inode, I_FREEING);
-		inode_lru_list_del(inode);
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		list_add(&inode->i_lru, &dispose);
-
-		/*
-		 * We can have a ton of inodes to evict at unmount time given
-		 * enough memory, check to see if we need to go to sleep for a
-		 * bit so we don't livelock.
-		 */
-		if (need_resched()) {
-			spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
-			cond_resched();
-			dispose_list(&dispose);
-			goto again;
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
-
+	sb_for_each_inodes(sb, flags, evict_inodes_inode_iter_cb, &dispose);
 	dispose_list(&dispose);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(evict_inodes);
-- 
2.39.5
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