[PATCH 2.5.68 2/2] i_size atomic access

From: Daniel McNeil (daniel@osdl.org)
Date: Thu Apr 24 2003 - 19:30:09 EST


Andrew, can we get these patches in to -mm?

This adds i_seqcnt to inode structure and then uses i_size_read() and
i_size_write() to provide atomic access to i_size. This is port
of Andrea Arcangeli i_size atomic access patch from 2.4. This only
uses the generic reader/writer consistent mechanism.

re-diff against 2.5.68.

This patch is available for download from OSDL's patch lifecycle
manager (PLM):

http://www.osdl.org/cgi-bin/plm?module=patch_info&patch_id=1802

This has been tested on a 2-proc system and several other
systems using OSDL's STP (http://www.osdl.org/stp/).

Thanks,

-- 
Daniel McNeil <daniel@osdl.org>


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