| commit | db1dd4d376134eba0e08af523b61cc566a4ea1cd | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | Fri Feb 06 15:25:24 2009 -0700 |
| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | Mon Mar 16 08:32:27 2009 -0600 |
| tree | 8882c673abbaa5713511b7046493fa862b9140d1 | |
| parent | 684999149002dd046269666a390458e0acb38280 [diff] |
Use f_lock to protect f_flags Traditionally, changes to struct file->f_flags have been done under BKL protection, or with no protection at all. This patch causes all f_flags changes after file open/creation time to be done under protection of f_lock. This allows the removal of some BKL usage and fixes a number of longstanding (if microscopic) races. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>