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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 28bfea75bcf..d866551be03 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ prototypes:
int (*d_delete)(struct dentry *);
void (*d_release)(struct dentry *);
void (*d_iput)(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
+ char *(*d_dname)((struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen);
locking rules:
none have BKL
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ d_compare: no yes no no
d_delete: yes no yes no
d_release: no no no yes
d_iput: no no no yes
+d_dname: no no no no
--------------------------- inode_operations ---------------------------
prototypes:
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ ata *);
locking rules:
all may block, none have BKL
- i_sem(inode)
+ i_mutex(inode)
lookup: yes
create: yes
link: yes (both)
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ setxattr: yes
getxattr: no
listxattr: no
removexattr: yes
- Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_sem on
+ Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on
victim.
cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
->truncate() is never called directly - it's a callback, not a
@@ -459,7 +461,7 @@ doesn't take the BKL.
->read on directories probably must go away - we should just enforce -EISDIR
in sys_read() and friends.
-->fsync() has i_sem on inode.
+->fsync() has i_mutex on inode.
--------------------------- dquot_operations -------------------------------
prototypes: