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authorDave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>2011-03-22 22:23:36 +1100
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2011-03-24 21:16:31 -0400
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fs: protect inode->i_state with inode->i_lock
Protect inode state transitions and validity checks with the inode->i_lock. This enables us to make inode state transitions independently of the inode_lock and is the first step to peeling away the inode_lock from the code. This requires that __iget() is done atomically with i_state checks during list traversals so that we don't race with another thread marking the inode I_FREEING between the state check and grabbing the reference. Also remove the unlock_new_inode() memory barrier optimisation required to avoid taking the inode_lock when clearing I_NEW. Simplify the code by simply taking the inode->i_lock around the state change and wakeup. Because the wakeup is no longer tricky, remove the wake_up_inode() function and open code the wakeup where necessary. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4dda076c24a1..ed6fdcc1484c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ struct super_operations {
};
/*
- * Inode state bits. Protected by inode_lock.
+ * Inode state bits. Protected by inode->i_lock
*
* Three bits determine the dirty state of the inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC,
* I_DIRTY_DATASYNC and I_DIRTY_PAGES.