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Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:48:13 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...marydata.com>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] locks: update Locking documentation to clarify fl_release_private behavior

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...marydata.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index b18dd1779029..f1997e9da61f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ prototypes:
 locking rules:
 			inode->i_lock	may block
 fl_copy_lock:		yes		no
-fl_release_private:	maybe		no
+fl_release_private:	maybe		maybe[1]
+
+[1]:	->fl_release_private for flock or POSIX locks is currently allowed
+to block. Leases however can still be freed while the i_lock is held and
+so fl_release_private called on a lease should not block.
 
 ----------------------- lock_manager_operations ---------------------------
 prototypes:
-- 
1.9.3

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