From 92e6222dfb85db780ebd8caea6a3f9326c375bc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 14:40:39 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: remove i_mutex from ext4_file_sync() After removal of ext4_flush_unwritten_io() call, ext4_file_sync() doesn't need i_mutex anymore. Forcing of transaction commits doesn't need i_mutex as there's nothing inode specific in that code apart from grabbing transaction ids from the inode. So remove the lock. Reviewed-by: Zheng Liu Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext4/fsync.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c index 6019bd4..fc938eb 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c +++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c @@ -99,20 +99,18 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) trace_ext4_sync_file_enter(file, datasync); if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) - goto out_trace; + goto out; if (!journal) { ret = generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync); if (!ret && !hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) ret = ext4_sync_parent(inode); - goto out_trace; + goto out; } ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end); if (ret) return ret; - mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); - /* * data=writeback,ordered: * The caller's filemap_fdatawrite()/wait will sync the data. @@ -143,8 +141,6 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) ret = err; } out: - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); -out_trace: trace_ext4_sync_file_exit(inode, ret); return ret; } -- 2.7.4