Rename struct file->f_ep_lock
This lock moves out of the CONFIG_EPOLL ifdef and becomes f_lock. For now,
epoll remains the only user, but a future patch will use it to protect
f_flags as well.
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 011b9b8..c5c424f 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@
ep_unregister_pollwait(ep, epi);
/* Remove the current item from the list of epoll hooks */
- spin_lock(&file->f_ep_lock);
+ spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
if (ep_is_linked(&epi->fllink))
list_del_init(&epi->fllink);
- spin_unlock(&file->f_ep_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
rb_erase(&epi->rbn, &ep->rbr);
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
struct epitem *epi;
/*
- * We don't want to get "file->f_ep_lock" because it is not
+ * We don't want to get "file->f_lock" because it is not
* necessary. It is not necessary because we're in the "struct file"
* cleanup path, and this means that noone is using this file anymore.
* So, for example, epoll_ctl() cannot hit here sicne if we reach this
@@ -547,6 +547,8 @@
* will correctly serialize the operation. We do need to acquire
* "ep->mtx" after "epmutex" because ep_remove() requires it when called
* from anywhere but ep_free().
+ *
+ * Besides, ep_remove() acquires the lock, so we can't hold it here.
*/
mutex_lock(&epmutex);
@@ -785,9 +787,9 @@
goto error_unregister;
/* Add the current item to the list of active epoll hook for this file */
- spin_lock(&tfile->f_ep_lock);
+ spin_lock(&tfile->f_lock);
list_add_tail(&epi->fllink, &tfile->f_ep_links);
- spin_unlock(&tfile->f_ep_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&tfile->f_lock);
/*
* Add the current item to the RB tree. All RB tree operations are
