[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/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 9b07c32..d30876c 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
if (err)
return err;
- down(&inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
if (IS_RDONLY(inode)) {
err = -EROFS;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
MSDOS_I(inode)->i_attrs = attr & ATTR_UNUSED;
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
up:
- up(&inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
return err;
}
default: