| commit | 707c21c848deeb0200ba3f07e4ba90e6dc419c2f | |
| author | Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> | |
| Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:13 +0000 (24 03:18 -0800) | ||
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | |
| Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:33:26 +0000 (24 07:33 -0800) | ||
| tree | d8e8f32916ac1f04e45e42595ddd0ef771ddb1ad | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 9c50823eebf7c256b92b4e0f02b5fb30e97788c2 | commitdiff |
[PATCH] msync(MS_SYNC): don't hold mmap_sem while syncing
It seems bad to hold mmap_sem while performing synchronous disk I/O. Alter
the msync(MS_SYNC) code so that the lock is released while we sync the file.
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
It seems bad to hold mmap_sem while performing synchronous disk I/O. Alter
the msync(MS_SYNC) code so that the lock is released while we sync the file.
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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