+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dentry_list_lock);
+
+/* We limit the number of dentry locks to drop in one go. We have
+ * this limit so that we don't starve other users of ocfs2_wq. */
+#define DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT 64
+
+/* Drop inode references from dentry locks */
+void ocfs2_drop_dl_inodes(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct ocfs2_super *osb = container_of(work, struct ocfs2_super,
+ dentry_lock_work);
+ struct ocfs2_dentry_lock *dl;
+ int drop_count = DL_INODE_DROP_COUNT;
+
+ spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
+ while (osb->dentry_lock_list && drop_count--) {
+ dl = osb->dentry_lock_list;
+ osb->dentry_lock_list = dl->dl_next;
+ spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
+ iput(dl->dl_inode);
+ kfree(dl);
+ spin_lock(&dentry_list_lock);
+ }
+ if (osb->dentry_lock_list)
+ queue_work(ocfs2_wq, &osb->dentry_lock_work);
+ spin_unlock(&dentry_list_lock);
+}
+