From: Jeff Layton Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:38:07 +0000 (-0400) Subject: locks: update Locking documentation to clarify fl_release_private behavior X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2ece173e4715031c031de9114491eee80a69cf68;p=GitHub%2Fexynos8895%2Fandroid_kernel_samsung_universal8895.git locks: update Locking documentation to clarify fl_release_private behavior Acked-by: J. Bruce Fields Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton --- 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: