Hi, Boqun,

quoted

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index d5ecc6e..074fc1c 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c

@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static struct dentry *dentry_kill(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 failed:
 	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-	cpu_relax();
+	cond_resched();

Is it better to put the cond_resched() in the caller(i.e. dput()), right
before "goto repeat"? Because it's obviously a loop there, which makes
the purpose of cond_resched() more straightforward.

Agreed, that's more reasonable. I'll send v3 soon.

Thanks,
Wei