fsnotify: use a mutex instead of a spinlock to protect a groups mark list
Replaces the groups mark_lock spinlock with a mutex. Using a mutex instead
of a spinlock results in more flexibility (i.e it allows to sleep while the
lock is held).
Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c
index 32447dc..ab25b81 100644
--- a/fs/notify/mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/mark.c
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@
group = mark->group;
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
- spin_lock(&group->mark_lock);
+ mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
spin_lock(&mark->lock);
/* something else already called this function on this mark */
if (!(mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE)) {
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
- spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
goto put_group;
}
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
list_del_init(&mark->g_list);
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
- spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
list_add(&mark->destroy_list, &destroy_list);
@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@
/*
* LOCKING ORDER!!!!
- * group->mark_lock
+ * group->mark_mutex
* mark->lock
* inode->i_lock
*/
- spin_lock(&group->mark_lock);
+ mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
spin_lock(&mark->lock);
mark->flags |= FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ALIVE;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
fsnotify_set_mark_mask_locked(mark, mark->mask);
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
- spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
if (inode)
__fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(inode);
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
atomic_dec(&group->num_marks);
spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
- spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
list_add(&mark->destroy_list, &destroy_list);
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
struct fsnotify_mark *lmark, *mark;
LIST_HEAD(free_list);
- spin_lock(&group->mark_lock);
+ mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex);
list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &group->marks_list, g_list) {
if (mark->flags & flags) {
list_add(&mark->free_g_list, &free_list);
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
fsnotify_get_mark(mark);
}
}
- spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex);
list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &free_list, free_g_list) {
fsnotify_destroy_mark(mark);