[PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem
This patch converts the inode semaphore to a mutex. I have tested it on
XFS and compiled as much as one can consider on an ia64. Anyway your
luck with it might be different.
Modified-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
(finished the conversion)
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/fs/autofs/root.c b/fs/autofs/root.c
index a1ab1c0..808134a 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@
dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_AUTOFS_PENDING;
d_add(dentry, NULL);
- up(&dir->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
autofs_revalidate(dentry, nd);
- down(&dir->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&dir->i_mutex);
/*
* If we are still pending, check if we had to handle