From 2ece173e4715031c031de9114491eee80a69cf68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Layton Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:38:07 -0400 Subject: locks: update Locking documentation to clarify fl_release_private behavior Acked-by: J. Bruce Fields Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton --- Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems') 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: -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b