Messages in this thread | | | Subject | [PATCH 0/2] kernfs: remove i_lock usage that isn't needed | From | Ian Kent <> | Date | Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:32:34 +0800 |
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In the patch series to change the global kernfs mutex to a read-write semaphore the inode i_lock is used in several functions.
But after thinking about it the i_lock is in fact not needed.
Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> ---
Ian Kent (2): kernfs: dont take i_lock on inode attr read kernfs: dont take i_lock on revalidate
fs/kernfs/dir.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- fs/kernfs/inode.c | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
-- Ian
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