[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/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index a452b13..bed9ad7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
unsigned offset, bv_offs;
int len, ret;
- down(&mapping->host->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
offset = pos & ((pgoff_t)PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
bv_offs = bvec->bv_offset;
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
}
ret = 0;
out:
- up(&mapping->host->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
return ret;
unlock:
unlock_page(page);