linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i

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Message-ID: <20250623-wehmut-etappen-939e10d535b9@brauner>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:17:49 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Junxuan Liao <ljx@...wisc.edu>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem

On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:01:32 -0500, Junxuan Liao wrote:
> VFS has switched to i_rwsem for ten years now (9902af79c01a: parallel
> lookups actual switch to rwsem), but the VFS documentation and comments
> still has references to i_mutex.
> 
> 

Applied to the vfs-6.17.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.17.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.17.misc

[1/1] docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/2773d282cd56