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-rw-r--r--fs/dcache.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index a1ff91eef10..a5b76b647c6 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -478,11 +478,12 @@ static void prune_dcache(int count, struct super_block *sb)
up_read(s_umount);
}
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
- /* Cannot remove the first dentry, and it isn't appropriate
- * to move it to the head of the list, so give up, and try
- * later
+ /*
+ * Insert dentry at the head of the list as inserting at the
+ * tail leads to a cycle.
*/
- break;
+ list_add(&dentry->d_lru, &dentry_unused);
+ dentry_stat.nr_unused++;
}
spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
}