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| author | Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> | 2013-08-08 17:34:46 -0400 |
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| committer | Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.de> | 2013-08-08 17:34:46 -0400 |
| commit | 278f6679f454bf185a07d9a4ca355b153482d17a (patch) | |
| tree | ffead073e67cfdc1ddfc3949ebc93c06dcaaab8f /Documentation/sgi-visws.txt | |
| parent | 4c05141df57f4ffc1a9a28f1925434924179bfe4 (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-278f6679f454bf185a07d9a4ca355b153482d17a.tar.gz | |
reiserfs: locking, handle nested locks properly
The reiserfs write lock replaced the BKL and uses similar semantics.
Frederic's locking code makes a distinction between when the lock is nested
and when it's being acquired/released, but I don't think that's the right
distinction to make.
The right distinction is between the lock being released at end-of-use and
the lock being released for a schedule. The unlock should return the depth
and the lock should restore it, rather than the other way around as it is now.
This patch implements that and adds a number of places where the lock
should be dropped.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
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