Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:11:25 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] remove BKL from ext2's readdir |
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Alex Tomas <bzzz@tmi.comex.ru> wrote: > > >>>>> Andrew Morton (AM) writes: > > AM> hm, no. lseek is using the directory's i_sem now, and readdir > AM> runs under that too. So we should be able to remove > AM> lock_kernel() from the readdir implementation of all filesystems > AM> which are using generic_file_llseek(). > > looks like only coda and ntfs use generic_file_llseek(). other use > default_llseek(). what's the reason do not use generic_file_llseek(). > historical only? or not?
grep again.
I've made the change to ext2 and ext3. Other filesystems will require some thought to verify that the lock_kernel()s are not protecting against some other random codepath. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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