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Jeff Layton committed 0429c2b5c1c
locks: use cmpxchg to assign i_flctx pointer During the v3.20/v4.0 cycle, I had originally had the code manage the inode->i_flctx pointer using a compare-and-swap operation instead of the i_lock. Sasha Levin though hit a problem while testing with trinity that made me believe that that wasn't safe. At the time, changing the code to protect the i_flctx pointer seemed to fix the issue, but I now think that was just coincidence. The issue was likely the same race that Kirill Shutemov hit while testing the pre-rc1 v4.0 kernel and that Linus spotted. Due to the way that the spinlock was dropped in the middle of flock_lock_file, you could end up with multiple flock locks for the same struct file on the inode. Reinstate the use of a CAS operation to assign this pointer since it's likely to be more efficient and gets the i_lock completely out of the file locking business. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>