On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:51:27PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
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> I don't even know what code we're talking about here...
> 
> I'm under the impression that XFS will return to userspace with a
> filesystem lock held, under the expectation (ie: requirement) that
> userspace will later come in and release that lock.
> 
> If that's not true, then what _is_ happening in there?
> 
> If that _is_ true then, well, that sucks a bit.

It's not a filesystem lock.  It's a per-blockdevice lock that prevents
multiple people from freezing the filesystem at the same time, aswell
as providing exclusion between a frozen filesystem an mount-related
activity.  It's a traditional text-box example for a semaphore.
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