[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/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index a596450..0f77b02 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
return -EFAULT;
}
- down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
*dentry = lookup_one_len(name, parent, strlen(name));
if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
if ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
error = create(parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
} else
error = PTR_ERR(dentry);
- up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
return error;
}
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
if (!parent || !parent->d_inode)
return;
- down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
if (positive(dentry)) {
if (dentry->d_inode) {
if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
dput(dentry);
}
}
- up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
simple_release_fs(&mount, &mount_count);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(securityfs_remove);