Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sun, 7 Nov 2010 12:45:39 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] block: read i_size with i_size_read() |
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On 2010-11-05 20:27, Mike Snitzer wrote: > Convert direct reads of an inode's i_size to using i_size_read(). > > i_size_{read,write} use a seqcount to protect reads from accessing > incomple writes. Concurrent i_size_write()s require mutual exclussion > to protect the seqcount that is used by i_size_{read,write}. But > i_size_read() callers do not need to use additional locking.
Thanks Mike, I'll queue this up.
-- Jens Axboe
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