Re: [PATCH] hugetlbfs: Take read_lock on i_mmap for PMD sharing

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On Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 02:06:28PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
> -	i_mmap_lock_write(mapping);
> +	/*
> +	 * PMD sharing does not require changes to i_mmap. So a read lock
> +	 * is enuogh.
> +	 */
> +	i_mmap_lock_read(mapping);

We don't have comments before any of the other calls to i_mmap_lock_read()
justifying why we don't need the write lock.  I don't understand why this
situation is different.  Just delete the comment and make this a two-line
patch.





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