[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/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index eab64e2..2a75e44 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@
struct dentry *dentry;
int error;
- down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
dentry = cpuset_get_dentry(dir, cft->name);
if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
error = cpuset_create_file(dentry, 0644 | S_IFREG);
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@
dput(dentry);
} else
error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
- up(&dir->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
return error;
}
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@
/*
* Release manage_sem before cpuset_populate_dir() because it
- * will down() this new directory's i_sem and if we race with
+ * will down() this new directory's i_mutex and if we race with
* another mkdir, we might deadlock.
*/
up(&manage_sem);
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@
{
struct cpuset *c_parent = dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
- /* the vfs holds inode->i_sem already */
+ /* the vfs holds inode->i_mutex already */
return cpuset_create(c_parent, dentry->d_name.name, mode | S_IFDIR);
}
@@ -1823,7 +1823,7 @@
struct cpuset *parent;
char *pathbuf = NULL;
- /* the vfs holds both inode->i_sem already */
+ /* the vfs holds both inode->i_mutex already */
down(&manage_sem);
cpuset_update_task_memory_state();
