Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 16-06-25 11:21:17, Junxuan Liao wrote:
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> On 6/16/25 5:10 AM, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Otherwise the changes look good to me.
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> Thanks! Just for clarification, is the __d_move comment accurate? i.e.
> Does it assume the two i_rwsem's are locked in shared mode?

Currently, both i_rwsems are expected to be held exclusively in this case.
Generally anything modifying directory contents must be holding i_rwsem of
that directory exclusively. However note that this is subject to change at
least in some cases with the work Neil Brown is doing [1].

								Honza

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20250609075950.159417-1-neil@xxxxxxxxxx/
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR