linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs:update the NOTE of the file

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:36:47 +0800
From:	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
CC:	Wanlong Gao <wanlong.gao@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs:update the NOTE of the file_operations structure

On 07/19/2011 01:27 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>   /*
>>    * NOTE:
>>    * all file operations except setlease can be called without
>> - * the big kernel lock held in all filesystems.
>> + * the special spin_lock file_lock_lock held in all filesystems.
>>    */
>>   struct file_operations {
>>   	struct module *owner;
>
> I'd just remove the comment entirely.
>
 From 765a06af4b8b4b67238e896fb6b82270d765195d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:30:17 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fs:remove the out-of-date NOTE of file_operations structure

Big kernel lock had been removed and setlease now use the lock_flocks()
to hold a special spin lock file_lock_lock by Matthew.
So just remove the out-of-date NOTE.

Signed-off-by: Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
---
  include/linux/fs.h |    5 -----
  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b5b9792..67b2b21 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1538,11 +1538,6 @@ struct block_device_operations;
  #define HAVE_COMPAT_IOCTL 1
  #define HAVE_UNLOCKED_IOCTL 1

-/*
- * NOTE:
- * all file operations except setlease can be called without
- * the big kernel lock held in all filesystems.
- */
  struct file_operations {
  	struct module *owner;
  	loff_t (*llseek) (struct file *, loff_t, int);
-- 
1.7.6


-- 
Thanks
Best Regards
Wanlong Gao
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