summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
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.