Re: Why does sys_fsync have a lock_kernel around it?

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:16:09 +0100 (BST)


Hi,

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 14:10:45 +0400, Hans Reiser <reiser@idiom.com> said:

> Since we are moving to an SMP kernel, and since we dropped locks in
> other places around other FS operations, wouldn't it be more
> consistent and cleaner coding to not lock any call before the FS gets
> passed it?

Quite probably! Time is running out to get it into 2.3, though.

--Stephen

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