Various parts of the kernel acquire and release this mutex,
so add i_mmap_lock_write() and immap_unlock_write() helper
functions that will encapsulate this logic. The next patch
will make use of these.
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bu...@hp.com>
---
include/linux/fs.h | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 65c2be2..1ea6c68 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -475,6 +475,16 @@ struct block_device {
int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag);
+static inline void i_mmap_lock_write(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+ mutex_lock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
+}
+
+static inline void i_mmap_unlock_write(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+ mutex_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_mutex);
+}
+
/*
* Might pages of this file be mapped into userspace?
*/
--
1.7.11.7
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