Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] remove BKL from ext2's readdir | From | Alex Tomas <> | Date | 15 Mar 2003 19:22:23 +0300 |
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>>>>> Andrew Morton (AM) writes:
AM> hm, no. lseek is using the directory's i_sem now, and readdir AM> runs under that too. So we should be able to remove AM> lock_kernel() from the readdir implementation of all filesystems AM> which are using generic_file_llseek().
looks like only coda and ntfs use generic_file_llseek(). other use default_llseek(). what's the reason do not use generic_file_llseek(). historical only? or not?
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