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| author | Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> | 2011-03-22 22:23:39 +1100 |
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| committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2011-03-24 21:16:32 -0400 |
| commit | f283c86afe6aa70b733d1ecebad5d9464943b774 (patch) | |
| tree | beaeca959996f2d8a00a997c56932dc5916bfec8 /Documentation/filesystems/Locking | |
| parent | 02afc410f363f98ac4f186341e38dcec13fc0e60 (diff) | |
fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and prune_icache
Now that inode state changes are protected by the inode->i_lock and
the inode LRU manipulations by the inode_lru_lock, we can remove the
inode_lock from prune_icache and the initial part of iput_final().
instead of using the inode_lock to protect the inode during
iput_final, use the inode->i_lock instead. This protects the inode
against new references being taken while we change the inode state
to I_FREEING, as well as preventing prune_icache from grabbing the
inode while we are manipulating it. Hence we no longer need the
inode_lock in iput_final prior to setting I_FREEING on the inode.
For prune_icache, we no longer need the inode_lock to protect the
LRU list, and the inodes themselves are protected against freeing
races by the inode->i_lock. Hence we can lift the inode_lock from
prune_icache as well.
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/Locking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 2e994efe12c..61b31acb917 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ alloc_inode: destroy_inode: dirty_inode: (must not sleep) write_inode: -drop_inode: !!!inode_lock!!! +drop_inode: !!!inode->i_lock!!! evict_inode: put_super: write write_super: read |