From 1a102ff92579edeff5e3d5d3c76ca49977898f00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:07:58 -0400 Subject: vfs: bury ->get_sb() This is an ex-parrot. Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/Locking') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 4471a416c274..2e994efe12cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -166,13 +166,11 @@ prototypes: void (*kill_sb) (struct super_block *); locking rules: may block -get_sb yes mount yes kill_sb yes -->get_sb() returns error or 0 with locked superblock attached to the vfsmount -(exclusive on ->s_umount). -->mount() returns ERR_PTR or the root dentry. +->mount() returns ERR_PTR or the root dentry; its superblock should be locked +on return. ->kill_sb() takes a write-locked superblock, does all shutdown work on it, unlocks and drops the reference. -- cgit v1.2.3