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ext4: Convert truncate_mutex to read write semaphore.

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We are currently taking the truncate_mutex for every read. This would have
performance impact on large CPU configuration. Convert the lock to read write
semaphore and take read lock when we are trying to read the file.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Aneesh Kumar K.V
2008-01-28 23:58:26 -05:00
committed by Theodore Ts'o
parent c278bfeceb
commit 0e855ac8b1
8 changed files with 53 additions and 43 deletions
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@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ flags_err:
* need to allocate reservation structure for this inode
* before set the window size
*/
mutex_lock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
down_write(&ei->i_data_sem);
if (!ei->i_block_alloc_info)
ext4_init_block_alloc_info(inode);
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ flags_err:
struct ext4_reserve_window_node *rsv = &ei->i_block_alloc_info->rsv_window_node;
rsv->rsv_goal_size = rsv_window_size;
}
mutex_unlock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
up_write(&ei->i_data_sem);
return 0;
}
case EXT4_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND: {