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SubjectRe: [patch 01/27] fs: cleanup files_lock
On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:20:21 +1000
npiggin@suse.de wrote:

> Lock tty_files with tty_mutex, provide helpers to manipulate the per-sb
> files list, and unexport the files_lock spinlock.

This looks half like a backward step to me: It swaps clean method calls
for open coded stuff and it adds more random undocumented uses to
tty_mutex, which has far too much already.

I don't think

- file_move(filp, &tty->tty_files);
+
+ mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
+ file_list_del(filp);
+ list_add(&filp->f_u.fu_list, &tty->tty_files);
+ mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);

is exactly an improvement, nor is

- file_move(filp, &tty->tty_files);
- check_tty_count(tty, "tty_open");
+ mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
+ BUG_ON(list_empty(&filp->f_u.fu_list));
+ file_list_del(filp); /* __dentry_open has put it on the sb list
*/
+ list_add(&filp->f_u.fu_list, &tty->tty_files);
+ __check_tty_count(tty, "tty_open");
+ mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);

The basic idea looks totally sound but it can use its own lock and there
should be helpers so this stuff doesn't have to get open coded.



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