[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/reiserfs/ioctl.c b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
index 81fc002..ba8bf8d 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
/* we need to make sure nobody is changing the file size beneath
** us
*/
- down(&inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
write_from = inode->i_size & (blocksize - 1);
/* if we are on a block boundary, we are already unpacked. */
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
page_cache_release(page);
out:
- up(&inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
return retval;
}