After removal of ext4_flush_unwritten_io() call, ext4_file_sync()
doesn't need i_mutex anymore. Forcing of transaction commits doesn't
need i_mutex as there's nothing inode specific in that code apart from
grabbing transaction ids from the inode. So remove the lock.
Reviewed-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/fsync.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 6019bd4..fc938eb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -99,20 +99,18 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
trace_ext4_sync_file_enter(file, datasync);
if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
- goto out_trace;
+ goto out;
if (!journal) {
ret = generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
if (!ret && !hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry))
ret = ext4_sync_parent(inode);
- goto out_trace;
+ goto out;
}
ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
if (ret)
return ret;
- mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
/*
* data=writeback,ordered:
* The caller's filemap_fdatawrite()/wait will sync the data.
@@ -143,8 +141,6 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
ret = err;
}
out:
- mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-out_trace:
trace_ext4_sync_file_exit(inode, ret);
return ret;
}
--
1.8.1.4
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