Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Jeff Layton <> | Subject | [PATCH 4/4] fs: export flush_delayed_fput | Date | Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:45:55 -0400 |
| |
...and clean up the comments over it a bit.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com> --- fs/file_table.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c index 1ad2e3fd2064..2b145b513274 100644 --- a/fs/file_table.c +++ b/fs/file_table.c @@ -246,19 +246,19 @@ static void ____fput(struct callback_head *work) static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(delayed_fput_work, delayed_fput); /* - * If kernel thread really needs to have the final fput() it has done - * to complete, call this. The only user right now is the boot - we - * *do* need to make sure our writes to binaries on initramfs has - * not left us with opened struct file waiting for __fput() - execve() - * won't work without that. Please, don't add more callers without - * very good reasons; in particular, never call that with locks - * held and never call that from a thread that might need to do - * some work on any kind of umount. + * If kernel thread or task that has used fput_queue really needs to have the + * final fput() it has done to complete, call this. The only user right now is + * the boot - we *do* need to make sure our writes to binaries on initramfs has + * not left us with opened struct file waiting for __fput() - execve() won't + * work without that. Please, don't add more callers without very good + * reasons; in particular, never call that with locks held and never call that + * from a thread that might need to do some work on any kind of umount. */ void flush_delayed_fput(void) { flush_delayed_work(&delayed_fput_work); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_delayed_fput); /** * fput - put a struct file reference -- 2.4.3
| |