2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/coda_fs_i.h b/include/linux/coda_fs_i.h
index b3ef0c461578..e35071b1de0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_fs_i.h
@@ -10,19 +10,24 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/coda.h>
 
 /*
  * coda fs inode data
+ * c_lock protects accesses to c_flags, c_mapcount, c_cached_epoch, c_uid and
+ * c_cached_perm.
+ * vfs_inode is set only when the inode is created and never changes.
+ * c_fid is set when the inode is created and should be considered immutable.
  */
 struct coda_inode_info {
-        struct CodaFid     c_fid;       /* Coda identifier */
-        u_short            c_flags;     /* flags (see below) */
-        struct list_head   c_cilist;    /* list of all coda inodes */
+        struct CodaFid     c_fid;       /* Coda identifier */
+        u_short            c_flags;     /* flags (see below) */
         unsigned int       c_mapcount;  /* nr of times this inode is mapped */
         unsigned int       c_cached_epoch; /* epoch for cached permissions */
         vuid_t             c_uid;       /* fsuid for cached permissions */
-        unsigned int       c_cached_perm; /* cached access permissions */
+        unsigned int       c_cached_perm; /* cached access permissions */
+        spinlock_t         c_lock;
         struct inode       vfs_inode;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/coda_linux.h b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
index dcc228aa335a..2e914d0771b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_linux.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ static __inline__ char *coda_i2s(struct inode *inode)
 /* this will not zap the inode away */
 static __inline__ void coda_flag_inode(struct inode *inode, int flag)
 {
-        ITOC(inode)->c_flags |= flag;
+        struct coda_inode_info *cii = ITOC(inode);
+
+        spin_lock(&cii->c_lock);
+        cii->c_flags |= flag;
+        spin_unlock(&cii->c_lock);
 }               
 
 #endif