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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into ->fsync() handlers
On 06/29/2011 02:09 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> -int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
>> +int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
>> {
>> struct inode *bd_inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
>> struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bd_inode);
>> @@ -389,14 +389,10 @@ int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
>> * i_mutex and doing so causes performance issues with concurrent
>> * O_SYNC writers to a block device.
>> */
>> - mutex_unlock(&bd_inode->i_mutex);
>> -
>
> Now that i_mutex on entry isn't held the comment above can be removed.
>

The comment is still useful since it states why we don't take the
i_mutex at all, so I think it's still valuable. Thanks,

Josef


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