From 4a9d4b024a3102fc083c925c242d98ac27b1c5f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 09:56:45 +0400 Subject: switch fput to task_work_add ... and schedule_work() for interrupt/kernel_thread callers (and yes, now it *is* OK to call from interrupt). We are guaranteed that __fput() will be done before we return to userland (or exit). Note that for fput() from a kernel thread we get an async behaviour; it's almost always OK, but sometimes you might need to have __fput() completed before you do anything else. There are two mechanisms for that - a general barrier (flush_delayed_fput()) and explicit __fput_sync(). Both should be used with care (as was the case for fput() from kernel threads all along). See comments in fs/file_table.c for details. Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- include/linux/file.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/file.h b/include/linux/file.h index 58bf158c53d..a22408bac0d 100644 --- a/include/linux/file.h +++ b/include/linux/file.h @@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ extern void put_unused_fd(unsigned int fd); extern void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file); +extern void flush_delayed_fput(void); +extern void __fput_sync(struct file *); + #endif /* __LINUX_FILE_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2