Hi I removed i_mutex from generic_file_llseek. I think that the reason of protecting lseek with i_mutex is just touching i_size atomically. So I introduce i_size_read here so i_mutex is no longer needed. Following patch removes i_mutex from generic_file_llseek, and deletes generic_file_llseek_nolock totally. Currently there is i_mutex contention not only around lseek, but also fsync or write. So, I think we can mitigate i_mutex contention between fsync lseek and write by removing i_mutex. Thanks. Signed-off-by: Hisashi Hifumi <hifumi.hisashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff -Nrup linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c --- linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c 2009-02-02 16:53:19.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c 2009-02-02 20:25:33.000000000 +0900 @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static loff_t cifs_llseek(struct file *f if (retval < 0) return (loff_t)retval; } - return generic_file_llseek_unlocked(file, offset, origin); + return generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin); } #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL diff -Nrup linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/gfs2/ops_file.c linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/gfs2/ops_file.c --- linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/gfs2/ops_file.c 2009-02-02 16:53:19.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/gfs2/ops_file.c 2009-02-02 20:25:33.000000000 +0900 @@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ static loff_t gfs2_llseek(struct file *f error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &i_gh); if (!error) { - error = generic_file_llseek_unlocked(file, offset, origin); + error = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin); gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&i_gh); } } else - error = generic_file_llseek_unlocked(file, offset, origin); + error = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin); return error; } diff -Nrup linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/ncpfs/file.c linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/ncpfs/file.c --- linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/ncpfs/file.c 2008-12-25 08:26:37.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/ncpfs/file.c 2009-02-02 20:25:33.000000000 +0900 @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static loff_t ncp_remote_llseek(struct f { loff_t ret; lock_kernel(); - ret = generic_file_llseek_unlocked(file, offset, origin); + ret = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin); unlock_kernel(); return ret; } diff -Nrup linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/nfs/file.c linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/nfs/file.c --- linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/nfs/file.c 2009-02-02 16:53:19.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/nfs/file.c 2009-02-02 20:25:33.000000000 +0900 @@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ static loff_t nfs_file_llseek(struct fil return (loff_t)retval; spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); - loff = generic_file_llseek_unlocked(filp, offset, origin); + loff = generic_file_llseek(filp, offset, origin); spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); } else - loff = generic_file_llseek_unlocked(filp, offset, origin); + loff = generic_file_llseek(filp, offset, origin); return loff; } diff -Nrup linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/read_write.c linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/read_write.c --- linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/read_write.c 2009-02-02 16:53:19.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/read_write.c 2009-02-02 20:25:33.000000000 +0900 @@ -32,22 +32,23 @@ const struct file_operations generic_ro_ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_ro_fops); /** - * generic_file_llseek_unlocked - lockless generic llseek implementation + * generic_file_llseek - generic llseek implementation for regular files * @file: file structure to seek on * @offset: file offset to seek to * @origin: type of seek * - * Updates the file offset to the value specified by @offset and @origin. - * Locking must be provided by the caller. + * This is a generic implemenation of ->llseek useable for all normal local + * filesystems. It just updates the file offset to the value specified by + * @offset and @origin. */ -loff_t -generic_file_llseek_unlocked(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin) +loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin) { + loff_t rval; struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; switch (origin) { case SEEK_END: - offset += inode->i_size; + offset += i_size_read(inode); break; case SEEK_CUR: /* @@ -70,28 +71,7 @@ generic_file_llseek_unlocked(struct file file->f_pos = offset; file->f_version = 0; } - - return offset; -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_llseek_unlocked); - -/** - * generic_file_llseek - generic llseek implementation for regular files - * @file: file structure to seek on - * @offset: file offset to seek to - * @origin: type of seek - * - * This is a generic implemenation of ->llseek useable for all normal local - * filesystems. It just updates the file offset to the value specified by - * @offset and @origin under i_mutex. - */ -loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin) -{ - loff_t rval; - - mutex_lock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); - rval = generic_file_llseek_unlocked(file, offset, origin); - mutex_unlock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); + rval = offset; return rval; } diff -Nrup linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/smbfs/file.c linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/smbfs/file.c --- linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/fs/smbfs/file.c 2009-02-02 16:53:19.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/fs/smbfs/file.c 2009-02-02 20:25:33.000000000 +0900 @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static loff_t smb_remote_llseek(struct f { loff_t ret; lock_kernel(); - ret = generic_file_llseek_unlocked(file, offset, origin); + ret = generic_file_llseek(file, offset, origin); unlock_kernel(); return ret; } diff -Nrup linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/include/linux/fs.h linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/include/linux/fs.h --- linux-2.6.29-rc3.org/include/linux/fs.h 2009-02-02 16:53:21.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.29-rc3.lseek/include/linux/fs.h 2009-02-02 20:25:33.000000000 +0900 @@ -1982,8 +1982,6 @@ extern void file_ra_state_init(struct file_ra_state *ra, struct address_space *mapping); extern loff_t no_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin); extern loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin); -extern loff_t generic_file_llseek_unlocked(struct file *file, loff_t offset, - int origin); extern int generic_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp); extern int nonseekable_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html