From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Chinner Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/18] fs: icache remove inode_lock Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:09:02 +1100 Message-ID: <20101013020902.GU4681@dastard> References: <1286928961-15157-1-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> <1286928961-15157-16-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from bld-mail17.adl2.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.102]:44073 "EHLO mail.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751637Ab0JMCJG (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:09:06 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1286928961-15157-16-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:15:58AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > From: Dave Chinner > > All the functionality that the inode_lock protected has now been > wrapped up in new independent locks and/or functionality. Hence the > inode_lock does not serve a purpose any longer and hence can now be > removed. > > Based on work originally done by Nick Piggin. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner > --- > Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 +- > Documentation/filesystems/porting | 10 +++- > Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 2 +- I forgot to update these files again. I will send another version of this patch when I've done it. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com