--- include/linux/fs.h.orig	Sat Sep 29 22:10:21 2001
+++ include/linux/fs.h	Sat Sep 29 22:32:28 2001
@@ -1476,14 +1476,25 @@
 /*
  * Whee.. Deadlock country. Happily there are only two VFS
  * operations that does this..
+ *
+ * {double,triple}_down modified by Per Persson in September, 2001
  */
+
+#define exch(x,y)			\
+do {					\
+	typeof(x) __tmp__ = (x);	\
+	(x) = (y);			\
+	(y) = __tmp__;			\
+} while(0)
+
+#define sort(x,y)			\
+if((x) > (y))				\
+	exch((x), (y))
+
 static inline void double_down(struct semaphore *s1, struct semaphore *s2)
 {
 	if (s1 != s2) {
-		if ((unsigned long) s1 < (unsigned long) s2) {
-			struct semaphore *tmp = s2;
-			s2 = s1; s1 = tmp;
-		}
+		sort((ulong) s2, (ulong) s1);	// s2 < s1
 		down(s1);
 	}
 	down(s2);
@@ -1493,9 +1504,11 @@
  * Ewwwwwwww... _triple_ lock. We are guaranteed that the 3rd argument is
  * not equal to 1st and not equal to 2nd - the first case (target is parent of
  * source) would be already caught, the second is plain impossible (target is
- * its own parent and that case would be caught even earlier). Very messy.
- * I _think_ that it works, but no warranties - please, look it through.
- * Pox on bloody lusers who mandated overwriting rename() for directories...
+ * its own parent and that case would be caught even earlier).
+ *
+ * Hopefully it does the same thing as the old code,
+ * but in a cleaner and more efficient way.
+ *     /Per
  */
 
 static inline void triple_down(struct semaphore *s1,
@@ -1503,30 +1516,11 @@
 			       struct semaphore *s3)
 {
 	if (s1 != s2) {
-		if ((unsigned long) s1 < (unsigned long) s2) {
-			if ((unsigned long) s1 < (unsigned long) s3) {
-				struct semaphore *tmp = s3;
-				s3 = s1; s1 = tmp;
-			}
-			if ((unsigned long) s1 < (unsigned long) s2) {
-				struct semaphore *tmp = s2;
-				s2 = s1; s1 = tmp;
-			}
-		} else {
-			if ((unsigned long) s1 < (unsigned long) s3) {
-				struct semaphore *tmp = s3;
-				s3 = s1; s1 = tmp;
-			}
-			if ((unsigned long) s2 < (unsigned long) s3) {
-				struct semaphore *tmp = s3;
-				s3 = s2; s2 = tmp;
-			}
-		}
+		sort((ulong) s2, (ulong) s1);	// s2 < s1
+		sort((ulong) s3, (ulong) s1);	// s3 < s1
 		down(s1);
-	} else if ((unsigned long) s2 < (unsigned long) s3) {
-		struct semaphore *tmp = s3;
-		s3 = s2; s2 = tmp;
 	}
+	sort((ulong) s3, (ulong) s2);		// s2 > s3
 	down(s2);
 	down(s3);
 }