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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 2db7c9e492e9..7d9ca7a83fcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -357,20 +357,20 @@ prototypes: locking rules: - inode->i_lock file_lock_lock may block -lm_compare_owner: yes[1] maybe no -lm_owner_key yes[1] yes no -lm_notify: yes yes no -lm_grant: no no no -lm_break: yes no no -lm_change yes no no + inode->i_lock blocked_lock_lock may block +lm_compare_owner: yes[1] maybe no +lm_owner_key yes[1] yes no +lm_notify: yes yes no +lm_grant: no no no +lm_break: yes no no +lm_change yes no no [1]: ->lm_compare_owner and ->lm_owner_key are generally called with *an* inode->i_lock held. It may not be the i_lock of the inode associated with either file_lock argument! This is the case with deadlock detection, since the code has to chase down the owners of locks that may be entirely unrelated to the one on which the lock is being acquired. -For deadlock detection however, the file_lock_lock is also held. The +For deadlock detection however, the blocked_lock_lock is also held. The fact that these locks are held ensures that the file_locks do not disappear out from under you while doing the comparison or generating an owner key. |