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 <dbueso@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/fs.h | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index a957d43..042d5c6 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -454,6 +454,16 @@ 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? */ -- 1.8.4.5 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>