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[PATCH] Introduce generic_file_splice_write_nolock()
authorMark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:43:07 +0000 (18:43 +0200)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@nelson.home.kernel.dk>
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:53:08 +0000 (20:53 +0200)
commit6da61809822c22634a3de2dcb3c60283b836a88a
tree80bc4105a4eabb221e5b1896b2c8b915a9c90d28tree | snapshot
parent62752ee198dca9209b7dee504763e51b11e9e0cacommit | diff
[PATCH] Introduce generic_file_splice_write_nolock()

This allows file systems to manage their own i_mutex locking while
still re-using the generic_file_splice_write() logic.

OCFS2 in particular wants this so that it can order cluster locks within
i_mutex.

Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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