Re: [PATCH] AFS: Implement file locking [try #2]

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One more vague question I had while skimming the previous version--

On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 03:54:27PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> +static void afs_grant_locks(struct afs_vnode *vnode, struct file_lock *fl)
> +{
> +	struct file_lock *p, *_p;
> +
> +	list_move_tail(&fl->fl_u.afs.link, &vnode->granted_locks);
> +	if (fl->fl_type == F_RDLCK) {
> +		list_for_each_entry_safe(p, _p, &vnode->pending_locks,
> +					 fl_u.afs.link) {
> +			if (p->fl_type == F_RDLCK) {
> +				p->fl_u.afs.state = AFS_LOCK_GRANTED;
> +				list_move_tail(&p->fl_u.afs.link,
> +					       &vnode->granted_locks);
> +				wake_up(&p->fl_wait);
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +}

--without having tried to understand how they're actually used, these
data structures (like the pending_locks and granted_locks lists) seem to
duplicate stuff that's already kept in fs/locks.c.  Is there a reason
they're required?

--b.
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