commit db1dd4d376134eba0e08af523b61cc566a4ea1cd
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

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>