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| author | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2014-11-19 21:32:12 +1100 |
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| committer | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2014-11-19 21:32:12 +1100 |
| commit | b10778a00d40b3d9fdaaf5891e802794781ff71c (patch) | |
| tree | 6ba4cbac86eecedc3f30650e7f764ecf00c83898 /Documentation/filesystems/Locking | |
| parent | 594081ee7145cc30a3977cb4e218f81213b63dc5 (diff) | |
| parent | bfe01a5ba2490f299e1d2d5508cbbbadd897bbe9 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v3.17' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/Locking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index b18dd177902..f1997e9da61 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ prototypes: locking rules: inode->i_lock may block fl_copy_lock: yes no -fl_release_private: maybe no +fl_release_private: maybe maybe[1] + +[1]: ->fl_release_private for flock or POSIX locks is currently allowed +to block. Leases however can still be freed while the i_lock is held and +so fl_release_private called on a lease should not block. ----------------------- lock_manager_operations --------------------------- prototypes: |