Various parts of the kernel acquire and release this mutex, so add i_mmap_lock_write() and immap_unlock_write() helper functions that will encapsulate this logic. The next patch will make use of these. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx> --- include/linux/fs.h | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 1cab2f8..524d2c1 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -456,6 +456,16 @@ struct block_device { int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag); +static inline void i_mmap_lock_write(struct address_space *mapping) +{ + mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex); +} + +static inline void i_mmap_unlock_write(struct address_space *mapping) +{ + mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex); +} + /* * Might pages of this file be mapped into userspace? */ -- 1.8.1.4 -- 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