Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm,fs: introduce helpers around i_mmap_mutex

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed,  2 Oct 2013 13:17:45 -0700 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> wrote:

> Various parts of the kernel acquire and release this mutex,
> so add i_mmap_lock_write() and immap_unlock_write() helper
> functions that will encapsulate this logic. The next patch
> will make use of these.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -478,6 +478,16 @@ struct block_device {
>  
>  int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag);
>  
> +static inline void i_mmap_lock_write(struct address_space *mapping)
> +{
> +	mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
> +}

I don't understand the thinking behind the "_write".  There is no
"_read" and all callsites use "_write", so why not call it
i_mmap_lock()?

I *assume* the answer is "so we can later convert some sites to a new
i_mmap_lock_read()".  If so, the changelog should have discussed this. 
If not, still confused.


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