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vfs: document locking requirements for d_move, __d_move and d_materialise_unique

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Adding a comment to d_materialise_unique per Al's request...

d_move and __d_move have some pretty substantial locking requirements,
but they are not clearly documented. Add some comments spelling them
out. Also, document the requirement for the i_mutex of the parent in
d_materialise_unique.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Jeff Layton 2011-07-26 13:33:16 -04:00 committed by Al Viro
parent 41c96486f2
commit c46c887744
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@ -2138,8 +2138,9 @@ static void dentry_unlock_parents_for_move(struct dentry *dentry,
* @target: new dentry
*
* Update the dcache to reflect the move of a file name. Negative
* dcache entries should not be moved in this way. Caller hold
* rename_lock.
* dcache entries should not be moved in this way. Caller must hold
* rename_lock, the i_mutex of the source and target directories,
* and the sb->s_vfs_rename_mutex if they differ. See lock_rename().
*/
static void __d_move(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * target)
{
@ -2202,7 +2203,8 @@ static void __d_move(struct dentry * dentry, struct dentry * target)
* @target: new dentry
*
* Update the dcache to reflect the move of a file name. Negative
* dcache entries should not be moved in this way.
* dcache entries should not be moved in this way. See the locking
* requirements for __d_move.
*/
void d_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target)
{
@ -2320,7 +2322,8 @@ static void __d_materialise_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *anon)
* @inode: inode to bind to the dentry, to which aliases may be attached
*
* Introduces an dentry into the tree, substituting an extant disconnected
* root directory alias in its place if there is one
* root directory alias in its place if there is one. Caller must hold the
* i_mutex of the parent directory.
*/
struct dentry *d_materialise_unique(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
{