On 2010-11-05 20:27, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> Convert direct reads of an inode's i_size to using i_size_read().
>
> i_size_{read,write} use a seqcount to protect reads from accessing
> incomple writes. Concurrent i_size_write()s require mutual exclussion
> to protect the seqcount that is used by i_size_{read,write}. But
> i_size_read() callers do not need to use additional locking.
Thanks Mike, I'll queue this up.
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Jens Axboe
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