Subject	assorted dcache cleanups and fixes
Author	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
Date	2026-05-05 05:53:48 +0000 UTC
Version	Version 1 Version 2
Cc	brauner@kernel.org jack@suse.cz linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org neil@brown.name torvalds@linux-foundation.org viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk

Patches (25)

Name	Content [All]
[RFC PATCH 01/25] VFS: use wait_var_event for waiting in d_alloc_parallel()	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 02/25] alloc_path_pseudo(): make sure we don't end up with NORCU dentries for directories	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 03/25] fix a race between d_find_any_alias() and final dput() of NORCU dentries	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 04/25] find_acceptable_alias(): skip NORCU aliases with zero refcount	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 05/25] select_collect(): ignore dentries on shrink lists if they have positive refcounts	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 06/25] make to_shrink_list() return whether it has moved dentry to list	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 07/25] kill d_dispose_if_unused()	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 08/25] d_prune_aliases(): make sure to skip NORCU aliases	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 09/25] shrink_dentry_list(): start with removing from shrink list	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 10/25] fold lock_for_kill() into shrink_kill()	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 11/25] fold lock_for_kill() and __dentry_kill() into common helper	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 12/25] reducing rcu_read_lock() scopes in dput and friends, step 1	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 13/25] reducing rcu_read_lock() scopes in dput and friends, step 2	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 14/25] reducing rcu_read_lock() scopes in dput and friends, step 3	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 15/25] reducing rcu_read_lock() scopes in dput and friends, step 4	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 16/25] reducing rcu_read_lock() scopes in dput and friends, step 5	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 17/25] reducing rcu_read_lock() scopes in dput and friends, step 6	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 18/25] adjust calling conventions of lock_for_kill(), fold __dentry_kill() into dentry_kill()	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 19/25] document dentry_kill()	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 20/25] d_walk(): shrink rcu_read_lock() scope	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 21/25] shrinking rcu_read_lock() scope in d_alloc_parallel()	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 22/25] shrink_dentry_tree(): unify the calls of shrink_dentry_list()	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 23/25] wind ->s_roots via ->d_sib instead of ->d_hash	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 24/25] nfs: get rid of fake root dentries	[Body]
[RFC PATCH 25/25] make cursors NORCU	[Body]

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