[PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, sb->s_lock
This patch converts the superblock-lock semaphore to a mutex, affecting
lock_super()/unlock_super(). Tested on ext3 and XFS.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 01654b2..92ae3e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
unsigned long s_magic;
struct dentry *s_root;
struct rw_semaphore s_umount;
- struct semaphore s_lock;
+ struct mutex s_lock;
int s_count;
int s_syncing;
int s_need_sync_fs;
@@ -893,13 +893,13 @@
static inline void lock_super(struct super_block * sb)
{
get_fs_excl();
- down(&sb->s_lock);
+ mutex_lock(&sb->s_lock);
}
static inline void unlock_super(struct super_block * sb)
{
put_fs_excl();
- up(&sb->s_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&sb->s_lock);
}
/*