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| author | Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> | 2012-09-13 18:41:01 +0400 |
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| committer | Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> | 2012-09-13 18:41:01 +0400 |
| commit | 78890b5989d96ddce989cde929c45ceeded0fcaf (patch) | |
| tree | 4e2da81fc7c97f11aee174b1eedac110c9a68b3a /fs/ubifs/file.c | |
| parent | 1959ec5f82acbdf91425b41600f119ebecb5f6a8 (diff) | |
| parent | 55d512e245bc7699a8800e23df1a24195dd08217 (diff) | |
| download | linux-78890b5989d96ddce989cde929c45ceeded0fcaf.tar.xz | |
Merge commit 'v3.6-rc5' into next
* commit 'v3.6-rc5': (1098 commits)
Linux 3.6-rc5
HID: tpkbd: work even if the new Lenovo Keyboard driver is not configured
Remove user-triggerable BUG from mpol_to_str
xen/pciback: Fix proper FLR steps.
uml: fix compile error in deliver_alarm()
dj: memory scribble in logi_dj
Fix order of arguments to compat_put_time[spec|val]
xen: Use correct masking in xen_swiotlb_alloc_coherent.
xen: fix logical error in tlb flushing
xen/p2m: Fix one-off error in checking the P2M tree directory.
powerpc: Don't use __put_user() in patch_instruction
powerpc: Make sure IPI handlers see data written by IPI senders
powerpc: Restore correct DSCR in context switch
powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread()
powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync
powerpc: Update DSCR on all CPUs when writing sysfs dscr_default
powerpc/powernv: Always go into nap mode when CPU is offline
powerpc: Give hypervisor decrementer interrupts their own handler
powerpc/vphn: Fix arch_update_cpu_topology() return value
ARM: gemini: fix the gemini build
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Conflicts:
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ubifs/file.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ubifs/file.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c index 35389ca2d267..7bd6e72afd11 100644 --- a/fs/ubifs/file.c +++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c @@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ * * A thing to keep in mind: inode @i_mutex is locked in most VFS operations we * implement. However, this is not true for 'ubifs_writepage()', which may be - * called with @i_mutex unlocked. For example, when pdflush is doing background - * write-back, it calls 'ubifs_writepage()' with unlocked @i_mutex. At "normal" - * work-paths the @i_mutex is locked in 'ubifs_writepage()', e.g. in the - * "sys_write -> alloc_pages -> direct reclaim path". So, in 'ubifs_writepage()' - * we are only guaranteed that the page is locked. + * called with @i_mutex unlocked. For example, when flusher thread is doing + * background write-back, it calls 'ubifs_writepage()' with unlocked @i_mutex. + * At "normal" work-paths the @i_mutex is locked in 'ubifs_writepage()', e.g. + * in the "sys_write -> alloc_pages -> direct reclaim path". So, in + * 'ubifs_writepage()' we are only guaranteed that the page is locked. * * Similarly, @i_mutex is not always locked in 'ubifs_readpage()', e.g., the * read-ahead path does not lock it ("sys_read -> generic_file_aio_read -> |