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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2014-09-24 13:00:21 -0400
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2014-09-24 13:00:21 -0400
commitd06efebf0c37d438fcf07057be00dd40fcfce08d (patch)
tree31a0786d132aadf4cbb9725f3f444ef6e1052128 /Documentation/filesystems/Locking
parentbb2e226b3bef596dd56be97df655d857b4603923 (diff)
parent0a30288da1aec914e158c2d7a3482a85f632750f (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block into for-3.18
This is to receive 0a30288da1ae ("blk-mq, percpu_ref: implement a kludge for SCSI blk-mq stall during probe") which implements __percpu_ref_kill_expedited() to work around SCSI blk-mq stall. The commit reverted and patches to implement proper fix will be added. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kmo@daterainc.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
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@@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ prototypes:
locking rules:
inode->i_lock may block
fl_copy_lock: yes no
-fl_release_private: maybe no
+fl_release_private: maybe maybe[1]
+
+[1]: ->fl_release_private for flock or POSIX locks is currently allowed
+to block. Leases however can still be freed while the i_lock is held and
+so fl_release_private called on a lease should not block.
----------------------- lock_manager_operations ---------------------------
prototypes: