[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/mm/filemap_xip.c b/mm/filemap_xip.c
index 9cf687e..e2b34e9 100644
--- a/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ b/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
*ppos = pos;
/*
* No need to use i_size_read() here, the i_size
- * cannot change under us because we hold i_sem.
+ * cannot change under us because we hold i_mutex.
*/
if (pos > inode->i_size) {
i_size_write(inode, pos);
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
loff_t pos;
ssize_t ret;
- down(&inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buf, len)) {
ret=-EFAULT;
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
out_backing:
current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
out_up:
- up(&inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_file_write);