Re: [PATCH] fs/xfs: fix comments mentioning i_mutex

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On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 03:15:05PM +0800, hongnanli wrote:
> inode->i_mutex has been replaced with inode->i_rwsem long ago. Fix
> comments still mentioning i_mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: hongnanli <hongnan.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c   | 2 +-
>  fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
> index 5c52ee869272..b02c83f8b8c4 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_acl.c
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
>  
>  /*
>   * Locking scheme:
> - *  - all ACL updates are protected by inode->i_mutex, which is taken before
> + *  - all ACL updates are protected by inode->i_rwsem, which is taken before

This should use more general terminology here, such as "VFS inode lock"
or "IOLOCK" (XFS-specific shorthand), since the implementation may
change again in the future.

--D

>   *    calling into this file.
>   */
>  
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
> index e552ce541ec2..288a5cdcaa61 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
> @@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ xfs_buffered_write_iomap_end(
>  	 * Trim delalloc blocks if they were allocated by this write and we
>  	 * didn't manage to write the whole range.
>  	 *
> -	 * We don't need to care about racing delalloc as we hold i_mutex
> +	 * We don't need to care about racing delalloc as we hold i_rwsem
>  	 * across the reserve/allocate/unreserve calls. If there are delalloc
>  	 * blocks in the range, they are ours.
>  	 */
> -- 
> 2.19.1.6.gb485710b
> 



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