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authorJens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>2011-03-01 15:04:39 -0500
committerJens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>2011-03-01 15:04:39 -0500
commit6fae9c25134baffbeeb20031479e7ff6f6d8eec0 (patch)
treec9ab89992ce5293a43cd455a81dc8a5926a28a5e /include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
parentc186794dbb466b45cf40f942f2d09d6d5b4b0e42 (diff)
parentf5412be599602124d2bdd49947b231dd77c0bf99 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.38-rc6' into for-2.6.39/core
Conflicts: block/cfq-iosched.c Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 7380763595d..69ad89b5048 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -329,9 +329,15 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct dentry *parent;
- assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock);
assert_spin_locked(&dentry->d_lock);
+ /*
+ * Serialisation of setting PARENT_WATCHED on the dentries is provided
+ * by d_lock. If inotify_inode_watched changes after we have taken
+ * d_lock, the following __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags call will
+ * find our entry, so it will spin until we complete here, and update
+ * us with the new state.
+ */
parent = dentry->d_parent;
if (parent->d_inode && fsnotify_inode_watches_children(parent->d_inode))
dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_FSNOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED;
@@ -341,15 +347,12 @@ static inline void __fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(struct dentry *dentry)
/*
* fsnotify_d_instantiate - instantiate a dentry for inode
- * Called with dcache_lock held.
*/
static inline void __fsnotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
{
if (!inode)
return;
- assert_spin_locked(&dcache_lock);
-
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
__fsnotify_update_dcache_flags(dentry);
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);