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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-03-26 16:14:02 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-03-26 16:14:02 -0700
commit8e9d2089723d08d51e66c5eea49253d76e27941e (patch)
treecf15609d5eeb0c1f3a39231d8ce793d3c8ad0ed0 /fs/eventpoll.c
parentba1eb95cf3cc666769afe42eaa15a3a34ae82f94 (diff)
parent60aa49243d09afc873f082567d2e3c16634ced84 (diff)
Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: Rationalize fasync return values Move FASYNC bit handling to f_op->fasync() Use f_lock to protect f_flags Rename struct file->f_ep_lock
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/eventpoll.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/eventpoll.c12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 011b9b8c90c..c5c424f23fd 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ static int ep_remove(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi)
ep_unregister_pollwait(ep, epi);
/* Remove the current item from the list of epoll hooks */
- spin_lock(&file->f_ep_lock);
+ spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
if (ep_is_linked(&epi->fllink))
list_del_init(&epi->fllink);
- spin_unlock(&file->f_ep_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
rb_erase(&epi->rbn, &ep->rbr);
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void eventpoll_release_file(struct file *file)
struct epitem *epi;
/*
- * We don't want to get "file->f_ep_lock" because it is not
+ * We don't want to get "file->f_lock" because it is not
* necessary. It is not necessary because we're in the "struct file"
* cleanup path, and this means that noone is using this file anymore.
* So, for example, epoll_ctl() cannot hit here sicne if we reach this
@@ -547,6 +547,8 @@ void eventpoll_release_file(struct file *file)
* will correctly serialize the operation. We do need to acquire
* "ep->mtx" after "epmutex" because ep_remove() requires it when called
* from anywhere but ep_free().
+ *
+ * Besides, ep_remove() acquires the lock, so we can't hold it here.
*/
mutex_lock(&epmutex);
@@ -785,9 +787,9 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event *event,
goto error_unregister;
/* Add the current item to the list of active epoll hook for this file */
- spin_lock(&tfile->f_ep_lock);
+ spin_lock(&tfile->f_lock);
list_add_tail(&epi->fllink, &tfile->f_ep_links);
- spin_unlock(&tfile->f_ep_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&tfile->f_lock);
/*
* Add the current item to the RB tree. All RB tree operations are