[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/jfs/jfs_incore.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_incore.h
index c0fd7b3..dc21a5b 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_incore.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_incore.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
/*
* rdwrlock serializes xtree between reads & writes and synchronizes
* changes to special inodes. It's use would be redundant on
- * directories since the i_sem taken in the VFS is sufficient.
+ * directories since the i_mutex taken in the VFS is sufficient.
*/
struct rw_semaphore rdwrlock;
/*
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
* inode is blocked in txBegin or TxBeginAnon
*/
struct semaphore commit_sem;
- /* xattr_sem allows us to access the xattrs without taking i_sem */
+ /* xattr_sem allows us to access the xattrs without taking i_mutex */
struct rw_semaphore xattr_sem;
lid_t xtlid; /* lid of xtree lock on directory */
#ifdef CONFIG_JFS_POSIX_ACL