[PATCH] mutex subsystem, semaphore to mutex: VFS, ->i_sem
This patch converts the inode semaphore to a mutex. I have tested it on
XFS and compiled as much as one can consider on an ia64. Anyway your
luck with it might be different.
Modified-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
(finished the conversion)
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index eef1b81..db0de5c 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -729,13 +729,13 @@
buf.dirent = d1;
buf.result = 0;
- down(&inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
ret = -ENOENT;
if (!IS_DEADDIR(inode)) {
ret = __fat_readdir(inode, filp, &buf, fat_ioctl_filldir,
short_only, both);
}
- up(&inode->i_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
if (ret >= 0)
ret = buf.result;
return ret;