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

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:48:39 +0800
From:	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
To:	hch@...radead.org
Cc:	wanlong.gao@...il.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, matthew@....cx,
	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs:update the NOTE of the 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So just remove the out-of-date NOTE.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

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