[added to the 3.18 stable tree] locks: update comments that refer to inode->i_flock

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From: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

===============

[ Upstream commit 8116bf4cb62d337c953cfa5369ef4cf83e73140c ]

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/locks.c         |  2 +-
 include/linux/fs.h | 19 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 59e2f90..3a53d1b 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@ again:
 	 */
 	/*
 	 * we need that spin_lock here - it prevents reordering between
-	 * update of inode->i_flock and check for it done in close().
+	 * update of i_flctx->flc_posix and check for it done in close().
 	 * rcu_read_lock() wouldn't do.
 	 */
 	spin_lock(&current->files->file_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6fd017e..58f6ab3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -906,12 +906,11 @@ int locks_in_grace(struct net *);
  * FIXME: should we create a separate "struct lock_request" to help distinguish
  * these two uses?
  *
- * The i_flock list is ordered by:
+ * The varous i_flctx lists are ordered by:
  *
- * 1) lock type -- FL_LEASEs first, then FL_FLOCK, and finally FL_POSIX
- * 2) lock owner
- * 3) lock range start
- * 4) lock range end
+ * 1) lock owner
+ * 2) lock range start
+ * 3) lock range end
  *
  * Obviously, the last two criteria only matter for POSIX locks.
  */
@@ -1946,8 +1945,9 @@ static inline int break_lease(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Since this check is lockless, we must ensure that any refcounts
-	 * taken are done before checking inode->i_flock. Otherwise, we could
-	 * end up racing with tasks trying to set a new lease on this file.
+	 * taken are done before checking i_flctx->flc_lease. Otherwise, we
+	 * could end up racing with tasks trying to set a new lease on this
+	 * file.
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
 	if (inode->i_flock)
@@ -1959,8 +1959,9 @@ static inline int break_deleg(struct inode *inode, unsigned int mode)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Since this check is lockless, we must ensure that any refcounts
-	 * taken are done before checking inode->i_flock. Otherwise, we could
-	 * end up racing with tasks trying to set a new lease on this file.
+	 * taken are done before checking i_flctx->flc_lease. Otherwise, we
+	 * could end up racing with tasks trying to set a new lease on this
+	 * file.
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
 	if (inode->i_flock)
-- 
2.5.0

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