[0/2] kernfs: remove i_lock usage that isn't needed

Message ID 166606025456.13363.3829702374064563472.stgit@donald.themaw.net
Headers
Series kernfs: remove i_lock usage that isn't needed |

Message

Ian Kent Oct. 18, 2022, 2:32 a.m. UTC
  In the patch series to change the global kernfs mutex to a read-write
semaphore the inode i_lock is used in several functions.

But after thinking about it the i_lock is in fact not needed.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
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Ian Kent (2):
      kernfs: dont take i_lock on inode attr read
      kernfs: dont take i_lock on revalidate


 fs/kernfs/dir.c   | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 fs/kernfs/inode.c |  4 ----
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

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Ian