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| author | Junxuan Liao <ljx@cs.wisc.edu> | 2025-06-22 23:01:32 -0500 |
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| committer | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2025-06-23 12:17:33 +0200 |
| commit | 2773d282cd56464f62e9b4703c41d2f733a67842 (patch) | |
| tree | 74326b19e67c7ee91acfc1aa84a80e0d3a988956 /fs/stack.c | |
| parent | 6ae58121126dcf8efcc2611f216a36a5e50b8ad9 (diff) | |
| download | linux-2773d282cd56464f62e9b4703c41d2f733a67842.tar.gz | |
docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem
VFS has switched to i_rwsem for ten years now (9902af79c01a: parallel
lookups actual switch to rwsem), but the VFS documentation and comments
still has references to i_mutex.
Signed-off-by: Junxuan Liao <ljx@cs.wisc.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/72223729-5471-474a-af3c-f366691fba82@cs.wisc.edu
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/stack.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/stack.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/stack.c b/fs/stack.c index f189201199443d..d8c782e064e3e2 100644 --- a/fs/stack.c +++ b/fs/stack.c @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/fs_stack.h> -/* does _NOT_ require i_mutex to be held. +/* does _NOT_ require i_rwsem to be held. * * This function cannot be inlined since i_size_{read,write} is rather * heavy-weight on 32-bit systems @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void fsstack_copy_inode_size(struct inode *dst, struct inode *src) * If CONFIG_SMP or CONFIG_PREEMPTION on 32-bit, it's vital for * fsstack_copy_inode_size() to hold some lock around * i_size_write(), otherwise i_size_read() may spin forever (see - * include/linux/fs.h). We don't necessarily hold i_mutex when this + * include/linux/fs.h). We don't necessarily hold i_rwsem when this * is called, so take i_lock for that case. * * And if on 32-bit, continue our effort to keep the two halves of |