locks: update Locking documentation to clarify fl_release_private behavior
Acked-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@primarydata.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index b18dd17..f1997e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -349,7 +349,11 @@
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: