[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/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
index af1ffc9..c26cd61 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@
umode_t mode = (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
int error = 0;
- down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
error = configfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) attr, mode, type);
- up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
return error;
}