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author | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2023-10-18 12:26:20 +0200 |
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committer | Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> | 2023-10-28 13:29:23 +0200 |
commit | 5aa9130acb98bacacc8bd9f1489a9269430d0eb8 (patch) | |
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porting: update locking requirements
Now that s_umount is never taken under open_mutex update the
documentation to say so.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231017184823.1383356-1-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst index 4d05b9862451..d69f59700a23 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst @@ -1045,3 +1045,10 @@ filesystem type is now moved to a later point when the devices are closed: As this is a VFS level change it has no practical consequences for filesystems other than that all of them must use one of the provided kill_litter_super(), kill_anon_super(), or kill_block_super() helpers. + +--- + +**mandatory** + +Lock ordering has been changed so that s_umount ranks above open_mutex again. +All places where s_umount was taken under open_mutex have been fixed up. |