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locks: update Locking documentation to clarify fl_release_private behavior

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Acked-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@primarydata.com>
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Jeff Layton 2014-08-12 10:38:07 -04:00
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@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ prototypes:
locking rules:
inode->i_lock may block
fl_copy_lock: yes no
fl_release_private: maybe no
fl_release_private: maybe maybe[1]
[1]: ->fl_release_private for flock or POSIX locks is currently allowed
to block. Leases however can still be freed while the i_lock is held and
so fl_release_private called on a lease should not block.
----------------------- lock_manager_operations ---------------------------
prototypes: