[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/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 5b2d180..704c3c0 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
{
loff_t ret;
- down(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
switch (orig) {
case 0:
file->f_pos = offset;
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@
default:
ret = -EINVAL;
}
- up(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
return ret;
}