From f283c86afe6aa70b733d1ecebad5d9464943b774 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Chinner Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:23:39 +1100 Subject: fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and prune_icache Now that inode state changes are protected by the inode->i_lock and the inode LRU manipulations by the inode_lru_lock, we can remove the inode_lock from prune_icache and the initial part of iput_final(). instead of using the inode_lock to protect the inode during iput_final, use the inode->i_lock instead. This protects the inode against new references being taken while we change the inode state to I_FREEING, as well as preventing prune_icache from grabbing the inode while we are manipulating it. Hence we no longer need the inode_lock in iput_final prior to setting I_FREEING on the inode. For prune_icache, we no longer need the inode_lock to protect the LRU list, and the inodes themselves are protected against freeing races by the inode->i_lock. Hence we can lift the inode_lock from prune_icache as well. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/Locking') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 2e994efe12cb..61b31acb9176 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ alloc_inode: destroy_inode: dirty_inode: (must not sleep) write_inode: -drop_inode: !!!inode_lock!!! +drop_inode: !!!inode->i_lock!!! evict_inode: put_super: write write_super: read -- cgit v1.2.3