[PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem
This patch converts the inode semaphore to a mutex. I have tested it on
XFS and compiled as much as one can consider on an ia64. Anyway your
luck with it might be different.
Modified-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
(finished the conversion)
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
index 5293091..a44dc58 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs_kern.c
@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@
err = -ENOMEM;
parent = HPPFS_I(ino)->proc_dentry;
- down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
proc_dentry = d_lookup(parent, &dentry->d_name);
if(proc_dentry == NULL){
proc_dentry = d_alloc(parent, &dentry->d_name);
if(proc_dentry == NULL){
- up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
goto out;
}
new = (*parent->d_inode->i_op->lookup)(parent->d_inode,
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
proc_dentry = new;
}
}
- up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
if(IS_ERR(proc_dentry))
return(proc_dentry);