fsnotify: use a mutex instead of a spinlock to protect a groups mark list
Replaces the groups mark_lock spinlock with a mutex. Using a mutex instead
of a spinlock results in more flexibility (i.e it allows to sleep while the
lock is held).
Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
diff --git a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
index b13c00a..4e9071e 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
{
struct inode *inode = mark->i.inode;
+ BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&mark->group->mark_mutex));
assert_spin_locked(&mark->lock);
- assert_spin_locked(&mark->group->mark_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@
mark->flags |= FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_INODE;
+ BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&group->mark_mutex));
assert_spin_locked(&mark->lock);
- assert_spin_locked(&group->mark_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);