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diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 4284cd31eba6..1c2b16fda13a 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/eventpoll.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
* LOCKING:
* There are three level of locking required by epoll :
*
- * 1) epsem (semaphore)
+ * 1) epmutex (mutex)
* 2) ep->sem (rw_semaphore)
* 3) ep->lock (rw_lock)
*
@@ -67,9 +68,9 @@
* if a file has been pushed inside an epoll set and it is then
* close()d without a previous call toepoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DEL).
* It is possible to drop the "ep->sem" and to use the global
- * semaphore "epsem" (together with "ep->lock") to have it working,
+ * semaphore "epmutex" (together with "ep->lock") to have it working,
* but having "ep->sem" will make the interface more scalable.
- * Events that require holding "epsem" are very rare, while for
+ * Events that require holding "epmutex" are very rare, while for
* normal operations the epoll private "ep->sem" will guarantee
* a greater scalability.
*/
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ static struct super_block *eventpollfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
/*
* This semaphore is used to serialize ep_free() and eventpoll_release_file().
*/
-static struct semaphore epsem;
+static struct mutex epmutex;
/* Safe wake up implementation */
static struct poll_safewake psw;
@@ -451,15 +452,6 @@ static void ep_poll_safewake(struct poll_safewake *psw, wait_queue_head_t *wq)
}
-/* Used to initialize the epoll bits inside the "struct file" */
-void eventpoll_init_file(struct file *file)
-{
-
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->f_ep_links);
- spin_lock_init(&file->f_ep_lock);
-}
-
-
/*
* This is called from eventpoll_release() to unlink files from the eventpoll
* interface. We need to have this facility to cleanup correctly files that are
@@ -477,10 +469,10 @@ void eventpoll_release_file(struct file *file)
* cleanup path, and this means that noone is using this file anymore.
* The only hit might come from ep_free() but by holding the semaphore
* will correctly serialize the operation. We do need to acquire
- * "ep->sem" after "epsem" because ep_remove() requires it when called
+ * "ep->sem" after "epmutex" because ep_remove() requires it when called
* from anywhere but ep_free().
*/
- down(&epsem);
+ mutex_lock(&epmutex);
while (!list_empty(lsthead)) {
epi = list_entry(lsthead->next, struct epitem, fllink);
@@ -492,7 +484,7 @@ void eventpoll_release_file(struct file *file)
up_write(&ep->sem);
}
- up(&epsem);
+ mutex_unlock(&epmutex);
}
@@ -819,9 +811,9 @@ static void ep_free(struct eventpoll *ep)
* We do not need to hold "ep->sem" here because the epoll file
* is on the way to be removed and no one has references to it
* anymore. The only hit might come from eventpoll_release_file() but
- * holding "epsem" is sufficent here.
+ * holding "epmutex" is sufficent here.
*/
- down(&epsem);
+ mutex_lock(&epmutex);
/*
* Walks through the whole tree by unregistering poll callbacks.
@@ -843,7 +835,7 @@ static void ep_free(struct eventpoll *ep)
ep_remove(ep, epi);
}
- up(&epsem);
+ mutex_unlock(&epmutex);
}
@@ -1615,7 +1607,7 @@ static int __init eventpoll_init(void)
{
int error;
- init_MUTEX(&epsem);
+ mutex_init(&epmutex);
/* Initialize the structure used to perform safe poll wait head wake ups */
ep_poll_safewake_init(&psw);