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@@ -437,8 +437,11 @@ grab BKL for cases when we close a file that had been opened r/w, but that
437can and should be done using the internal locking with smaller critical areas). 437can and should be done using the internal locking with smaller critical areas).
438Current worst offender is ext2_get_block()... 438Current worst offender is ext2_get_block()...
439 439
440->fasync() is a mess. This area needs a big cleanup and that will probably 440->fasync() is called without BKL protection, and is responsible for
441affect locking. 441maintaining the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags. Most instances call
442fasync_helper(), which does that maintenance, so it's not normally
443something one needs to worry about. Return values > 0 will be mapped to
444zero in the VFS layer.
442 445
443->readdir() and ->ioctl() on directories must be changed. Ideally we would 446->readdir() and ->ioctl() on directories must be changed. Ideally we would
444move ->readdir() to inode_operations and use a separate method for directory 447move ->readdir() to inode_operations and use a separate method for directory
@@ -502,7 +505,7 @@ prototypes:
502 void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct*); 505 void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct*);
503 void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*); 506 void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*);
504 int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *); 507 int (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *);
505 int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct page *); 508 int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *);
506 int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int); 509 int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int);
507 510
508locking rules: 511locking rules: