Author: mjg
Date: Sat Oct 17 08:48:32 2020
New Revision: 366784
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/366784

Log:
  cache: remove entries before trying to add new ones, not after
  
  Should allow positive entries to replace negative ones in case
  the cache is full.

Modified:
  head/sys/kern/vfs_cache.c

Modified: head/sys/kern/vfs_cache.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/vfs_cache.c   Sat Oct 17 08:47:08 2020        (r366783)
+++ head/sys/kern/vfs_cache.c   Sat Oct 17 08:48:32 2020        (r366784)
@@ -1923,8 +1923,21 @@ cache_enter_time(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode *vp, 
 
        /*
         * Avoid blowout in namecache entries.
+        *
+        * Bugs:
+        * 1. filesystems may end up tryng to add an already existing entry
+        * (for example this can happen after a cache miss during concurrent
+        * lookup), in which case we will call cache_negative_zap_one despite
+        * not adding anything.
+        * 2. the routine may fail to free anything and no provisions are made
+        * to make it try harder (see the inside for failure modes)
+        * 3. it only ever looks at negative entries.
         */
        lnumcache = atomic_fetchadd_long(&numcache, 1) + 1;
+       if (numneg * ncnegfactor > lnumcache) {
+               cache_negative_zap_one();
+               lnumcache = atomic_load_long(&numcache);
+       }
        if (__predict_false(lnumcache >= ncsize)) {
                atomic_subtract_long(&numcache, 1);
                counter_u64_add(numdrops, 1);
@@ -2087,8 +2100,6 @@ cache_enter_time(struct vnode *dvp, struct vnode *vp, 
        atomic_store_char(&ncp->nc_flag, ncp->nc_flag & ~NCF_WIP);
 
        cache_enter_unlock(&cel);
-       if (numneg * ncnegfactor > lnumcache)
-               cache_negative_zap_one();
        if (ndd != NULL)
                cache_free(ndd);
        return;
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