linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: update outdated documentation about i

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Message-ID: <e1d7ad05-5ffd-dd20-6e29-54c8b0b51593@ugent.be>
Date:   Sat, 12 Feb 2022 15:53:39 +0100
From:   Niels Dossche <niels.dossche@...nt.be>
To:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs: update outdated documentation about i_mutex lock.

This field was renamed from i_mutex to i_rwsem and now resides in d_inode.

Signed-off-by: Niels Dossche <niels.dossche@...nt.be>
---
 fs/namei.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 3f1829b3ab5b..abf454f12365 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@ static int lookup_one_common(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
  * Note that this routine is purely a helper for filesystem usage and should
  * not be called by generic code.
  *
- * The caller must hold base->i_mutex.
+ * The caller must hold base->d_inode->i_rwsem.
  */
 struct dentry *try_lookup_one_len(const char *name, struct dentry *base, int len)
 {
-- 
2.34.1