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/vfs.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index 306f0ae8df0..80815ed654c 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ or bottom half). should be synchronous or not, not all filesystems check this flag. drop_inode: called when the last access to the inode is dropped, - with the inode_lock spinlock held. + with the inode->i_lock spinlock held. This method should be either NULL (normal UNIX filesystem semantics) or "generic_delete_inode" (for filesystems that do not -- cgit v1.2.3