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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 6 |
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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: |