linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 23/26] ext4: Remove i_mutex from ext4_file

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Message-ID: <20130604184052.GN3030@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 4 Jun 2013 14:40:52 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/26] ext4: Remove i_mutex from ext4_file_sync()

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:42:56AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> After removal of ext4_flush_unwritten_io() call, ext4_file_sync()
> doesn't need i_mutex anymore. Forcing of transaction commits doesn't
> need i_mutex as there's nothing inode specific in that code apart from
> grabbing transaction ids from the inode. So remove the lock.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied.

				- Ted
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