linux-kernel - [PATCH] ubifs: Add comment on c->commit

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Date:   Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:14:45 +0200
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Subject: [PATCH] ubifs: Add comment on c->commit_sem

Every single time I come across that code, I get confused
because it looks like a possible dead lock.
Help myself by adding a comment.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
---
 fs/ubifs/journal.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 95665eba2b70..c913f36d6c21 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ again:
 	down_read(&c->commit_sem);
 	err = reserve_space(c, jhead, len);
 	if (!err)
+		/* c->commit_sem will get released via finish_reservation(). */
 		return 0;
 	up_read(&c->commit_sem);
 
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