Use a mutex instead of a spinlock to protect a groups mark_list, so that its possible to sleep (i.e for allocations) while the list is protected. Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@xxxxxx> --- fs/notify/group.c | 2 +- fs/notify/mark.c | 6 +++--- include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/notify/group.c b/fs/notify/group.c index a407bac..d24ab1e 100644 --- a/fs/notify/group.c +++ b/fs/notify/group.c @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_alloc_group(const struct fsnotify_ops *ops) init_waitqueue_head(&group->notification_waitq); group->max_events = UINT_MAX; - spin_lock_init(&group->mark_lock); + mutex_init(&group->mark_mutex); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&group->marks_list); group->ops = ops; diff --git a/fs/notify/mark.c b/fs/notify/mark.c index 2827867..5a267a9 100644 --- a/fs/notify/mark.c +++ b/fs/notify/mark.c @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, /* * Remove an attached mark from its group. * If the mark is still linked to an fs object it will be unlinked, too. - * Requires groups mark_lock to be held. + * Requires groups mark_mutex to be held. */ void fsnotify_remove_mark_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark) { @@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group, { struct fsnotify_mark *lmark, *mark; - spin_lock(&group->mark_lock); + mutex_lock(&group->mark_mutex); list_for_each_entry_safe(mark, lmark, &group->marks_list, g_list) { if (mark->flags & flags) fsnotify_remove_mark_locked(mark); } - spin_unlock(&group->mark_lock); + mutex_unlock(&group->mark_mutex); } diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h index 4c7f997..3d270c2 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct fsnotify_group { unsigned int priority; /* stores all fastpath marks assoc with this group so they can be cleaned on unregister */ - spinlock_t mark_lock; /* protect marks_list */ + struct mutex mark_mutex; /* protect marks_list */ atomic_t num_marks; /* 1 for each mark and 1 for not being * past the point of no return when freeing * a group */ -- 1.5.6.5 -- 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