From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> 3b6e2723f32de42028617f2c99b244ccd72cd959 "locks: prevent side-effects of locks_release_private before file_lock is initialized" removed the last user of lm_release_private without removing the field itself. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/filesystems/Locking | 2 -- fs/locks.c | 6 +----- include/linux/fs.h | 1 - 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 02:54:05PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Maybe I missed some odd user that somehow avoids the grep, but I don't > think so. So there is nothing that ever sets it, why the hell does the > thing still remain at all? Embarassingly: I had work in progress that could make use of lm_release_private soon, so I didn't bother removing it. But "soon" was optimistic, and anyway why leave the code in a confusing state, so: agreed it should have gone, apologies. --b. diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking index 8e2da1e..f11d51f 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking @@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ prototypes: int (*lm_compare_owner)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *); void (*lm_notify)(struct file_lock *); /* unblock callback */ int (*lm_grant)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *, int); - void (*lm_release_private)(struct file_lock *); void (*lm_break)(struct file_lock *); /* break_lease callback */ int (*lm_change)(struct file_lock **, int); @@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ locking rules: lm_compare_owner: yes no lm_notify: yes no lm_grant: no no -lm_release_private: maybe no lm_break: yes no lm_change yes no diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c index 541075a..5cf874c 100644 --- a/fs/locks.c +++ b/fs/locks.c @@ -200,11 +200,7 @@ void locks_release_private(struct file_lock *fl) fl->fl_ops->fl_release_private(fl); fl->fl_ops = NULL; } - if (fl->fl_lmops) { - if (fl->fl_lmops->lm_release_private) - fl->fl_lmops->lm_release_private(fl); - fl->fl_lmops = NULL; - } + fl->fl_lmops = NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(locks_release_private); diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index a1e7727..9a6ac61 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1154,7 +1154,6 @@ struct lock_manager_operations { int (*lm_compare_owner)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *); void (*lm_notify)(struct file_lock *); /* unblock callback */ int (*lm_grant)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *, int); - void (*lm_release_private)(struct file_lock *); void (*lm_break)(struct file_lock *); int (*lm_change)(struct file_lock **, int); }; -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html