The patch titled Subject: fatfs: switch write_lock to read_lock in fat_ioctl_get_attributes has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was fatfs-switch-write_lock-to-read_lock-in-fat_ioctl_get_attributes.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Yubo Feng <fengyubo3@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: fatfs: switch write_lock to read_lock in fat_ioctl_get_attributes There is no need to hold write_lock in fat_ioctl_get_attributes. write_lock may make an impact on concurrency of fat_ioctl_get_attributes. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1593308053-12702-1-git-send-email-fengyubo3@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Yubo Feng <fengyubo3@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fat/file.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/fat/file.c~fatfs-switch-write_lock-to-read_lock-in-fat_ioctl_get_attributes +++ a/fs/fat/file.c @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ static int fat_ioctl_get_attributes(stru { u32 attr; - inode_lock(inode); + inode_lock_shared(inode); attr = fat_make_attrs(inode); - inode_unlock(inode); + inode_unlock_shared(inode); return put_user(attr, user_attr); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from fengyubo3@xxxxxxxxxx are