The contents of an fl_owner_t have morphed a bit over the years, fix up the comments to account for the changes. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/fs.h | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index ed4e1897099c..a51be79b7dc3 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -852,11 +852,19 @@ static inline struct file *get_file(struct file *f) #define FILE_LOCK_DEFERRED 1 /* - * The POSIX file lock owner is determined by - * the "struct files_struct" in the thread group - * (or NULL for no owner - BSD locks). + * A generic "file lock owner" value. This is set differently for different + * types of locks. * - * Lockd stuffs a "host" pointer into this. + * The POSIX file lock owner is determined by the "struct files_struct" in the + * thread group. + * + * Flock (BSD) locks, OFD locks and leases set the fl_owner to the + * file description pointer. + * + * lockd stuffs a "host" pointer into this + * + * nfsd stuffs a * nfs4_file pointer into this for leases, and a lockowner + * pointer into it for v4 locks. */ typedef void *fl_owner_t; -- 1.9.3 -- 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