On Thu, 1 May 2008 13:18:09 -0400
Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:

quoted text
> In message <20080430101704.9cbd6384.akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton writes:
> [...[
> > Can we avoid having to think?
> > 
> > void fsstack_copy_inode_size(struct inode *dst, const struct inode *src)
> > {
> > 	blkcnt_t i_blocks;
> > 	loff_t i_size;
> > 
> > 	i_size = i_size_read(src);
> > 	spin_lock_32bit(&src->i_lock);
> > 	i_blocks = src->i_blocks;
> > 	spin_unlock_32bit(&src->i_lock);
> > 
> > 	i_size_write(dst, i_size);
> > 	spin_lock_32bit(&dst->i_lock)
> > 	dst->i_blocks = i_blocks;
> > 	spin_unlock_32bit(&dst->i_lock)
> > }
> 
> I can't find spin_[um]lock_32bit anywhere (checkd latest mmotm and linus's
> tree).  I therefore assume this was just your way of saying I should:
> 
> #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
> 	spin_unlock(&dst->i_lock);
> #endif

Nope, it was my way of suggesting that you implement it ;)
include/linux/spinlock.h would be a good place.

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