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The kernfs write lock is held when the kernfs node inode attributes are updated. Therefore, when either kernfs_iop_getattr() or kernfs_iop_permission() are called the kernfs node inode attributes won't change. Consequently concurrent kernfs_refresh_inode() calls always copy the same values from the kernfs node. So there's no need to take the inode i_lock to get consistent values for generic_fillattr() and generic_permission(), the kernfs read lock is sufficient. Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/166606036215.13363.1288735296954908554.stgit@donald.themaw.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.