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From: Anton A. <an...@us...> - 2002-03-06 16:01:29
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Changes by: antona Update of /cvsroot/linux-ntfs/ntfs-driver-tng In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv26232 Modified Files: ChangeLog Log Message: Replace run list spinlock with a semaphore. Index: ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/linux-ntfs/ntfs-driver-tng/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.72 retrieving revision 1.73 diff -U2 -r1.72 -r1.73 --- ChangeLog 5 Mar 2002 00:25:07 -0000 1.72 +++ ChangeLog 6 Mar 2002 16:01:25 -0000 1.73 @@ -97,9 +97,11 @@ - Rename run_list structure to run_list_element and create a new run_list structure containing a pointer to a run_list_element - structure and a read/write spinlock. Adapt all usesrs of run lists + structure and a read/write semaphore. Adapt all usesrs of run lists to new scheme and take and release the lock as needed. This fixes a nasty race as the run_list changes even when inodes are locked for reading and even when the inode isn't locked at all, so we really - needed the serialization. + needed the serialization. We use a semaphore rather than a spinlock + as memory allocations can sleep and doing everything GFP_ATOMIC would + be silly. - Cleanup read_inode() removing all code checking for lowest_vcn != 0. This can never happen due to the nature of lookup_attr() and how we @@ -109,4 +111,5 @@ bad if found. - Update to 2.5.6-pre2 changes in struct address_space. + - Use parent_ino() when accessing d_parent inode number in dir.c. tng-0.0.7 - 13/02/2002 - The driver is now feature complete for read-only! |
