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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fs.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 34406ed467c3..661c7c572149 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -656,7 +656,11 @@ static inline loff_t i_size_read(struct inode *inode) #endif } - +/* + * NOTE: unlike i_size_read(), i_size_write() does need locking around it + * (normally i_mutex), otherwise on 32bit/SMP an update of i_size_seqcount + * can be lost, resulting in subsequent i_size_read() calls spinning forever. + */ static inline void i_size_write(struct inode *inode, loff_t i_size) { #if BITS_PER_LONG==32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP) |