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

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Message-ID: <20110718172744.GA15785@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:27:44 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Wanlong Gao <wanlong.gao@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs:update the NOTE of the file_operations structure

>  /*
>   * 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.
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