linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] please pull file locking changes for 3.15

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:31:20 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, bfields@...ldses.org, matthew@....cx
Subject: [GIT PULL] please pull file locking changes for 3.15

The following changes since commit 29723adee11804b548903ddb1db666cf4a60f60e:

  locks: make locks_mandatory_area check for file-private locks (2014-03-31 08:24:43 -0400)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.samba.org/jlayton/linux.git locks-3.15

for you to fetch changes up to 29723adee11804b548903ddb1db666cf4a60f60e:

  locks: make locks_mandatory_area check for file-private locks (2014-03-31 08:24:43 -0400)

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(from the branch description for locks-3.15 local branch)

file locking patches for 3.15

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Highlights:

- maintainership change for fs/locks.c. Willy's not interested in
  maintaining it these days, and is OK with Bruce and I taking it.
- fix for open vs. setlease race that Al ID'ed
- cleanup and consolidation of file locking code
- eliminate unneeded BUG() call
- merge of file-private lock implementation

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>

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