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author | Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de> | 2011-06-14 17:29:50 +0200 |
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committer | Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> | 2012-12-11 13:29:46 -0500 |
commit | 986ab09807ca9454c3f54aae4db7e1bb00daeed3 (patch) | |
tree | d6b76b03624a2d95a73ba88d990cd5210ab9eb20 /include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | |
parent | 6dfbd149946c22c2e2886d6b560def78630c8387 (diff) | |
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fsnotify: use a mutex instead of a spinlock to protect a groups mark list
Replaces the groups mark_lock spinlock with a mutex. Using a mutex instead
of a spinlock results in more flexibility (i.e it allows to sleep while the
lock is held).
Signed-off-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h index e76cef75295d..c5848346840d 100644 --- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h +++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ struct fsnotify_group { unsigned int priority; /* stores all fastpath marks assoc with this group so they can be cleaned on unregister */ - spinlock_t mark_lock; /* protect marks_list */ + struct mutex mark_mutex; /* protect marks_list */ atomic_t num_marks; /* 1 for each mark and 1 for not being * past the point of no return when freeing * a group */ |