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| author | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> | 2012-09-12 11:14:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> | 2012-09-12 11:14:33 -0400 |
| commit | 25a765b7f05cb8460fa01b54568894b20e184862 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b56db57b4d9f912393ab303c269e0fe6cdf8635 /fs/ubifs/file.c | |
| parent | 9d2be9287107695708e6aae5105a8a518a6cb4d0 (diff) | |
| parent | 64282278989d5b0398dcb3ba7904cb00c621dc35 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86/platform' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into stable/for-linus-3.7
* 'x86/platform' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (9690 commits)
x86: Document x86_init.paging.pagetable_init()
x86: xen: Cleanup and remove x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_done()
x86: Move paging_init() call to x86_init.paging.pagetable_init()
x86: Rename pagetable_setup_start() to pagetable_init()
x86: Remove base argument from x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_start
Linux 3.6-rc5
HID: tpkbd: work even if the new Lenovo Keyboard driver is not configured
Remove user-triggerable BUG from mpol_to_str
xen/pciback: Fix proper FLR steps.
uml: fix compile error in deliver_alarm()
dj: memory scribble in logi_dj
Fix order of arguments to compat_put_time[spec|val]
xen: Use correct masking in xen_swiotlb_alloc_coherent.
xen: fix logical error in tlb flushing
xen/p2m: Fix one-off error in checking the P2M tree directory.
powerpc: Don't use __put_user() in patch_instruction
powerpc: Make sure IPI handlers see data written by IPI senders
powerpc: Restore correct DSCR in context switch
powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread()
powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync
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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ubifs/file.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ubifs/file.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c index 35389ca2d26..7bd6e72afd1 100644 --- a/fs/ubifs/file.c +++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c @@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ * * A thing to keep in mind: inode @i_mutex is locked in most VFS operations we * implement. However, this is not true for 'ubifs_writepage()', which may be - * called with @i_mutex unlocked. For example, when pdflush is doing background - * write-back, it calls 'ubifs_writepage()' with unlocked @i_mutex. At "normal" - * work-paths the @i_mutex is locked in 'ubifs_writepage()', e.g. in the - * "sys_write -> alloc_pages -> direct reclaim path". So, in 'ubifs_writepage()' - * we are only guaranteed that the page is locked. + * called with @i_mutex unlocked. For example, when flusher thread is doing + * background write-back, it calls 'ubifs_writepage()' with unlocked @i_mutex. + * At "normal" work-paths the @i_mutex is locked in 'ubifs_writepage()', e.g. + * in the "sys_write -> alloc_pages -> direct reclaim path". So, in + * 'ubifs_writepage()' we are only guaranteed that the page is locked. * * Similarly, @i_mutex is not always locked in 'ubifs_readpage()', e.g., the * read-ahead path does not lock it ("sys_read -> generic_file_aio_read -> |