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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/configfs/dir.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/configfs/dir.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c index 2619f485bc3d..a08e5c2f25e8 100644 --- a/fs/configfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c @@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ DECLARE_RWSEM(configfs_rename_sem); /* * Protects mutations of configfs_dirent linkage together with proper i_mutex + * Also protects mutations of symlinks linkage to target configfs_dirent * Mutators of configfs_dirent linkage must *both* have the proper inode locked * and configfs_dirent_lock locked, in that order. - * This allows one to safely traverse configfs_dirent trees without having to - * lock inodes. + * This allows one to safely traverse configfs_dirent trees and symlinks without + * having to lock inodes. */ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(configfs_dirent_lock); |