Re: [RFC PATCH 08/12] nfs: convert lock handling to use file_lock_context

[J. Bruce Fields]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 03:28:10PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Yes, that's the downside of moving to multiple list_heads. Still, I
> think it's worth doing that even if we end up with the code a bit more
> verbose.
> 
> It may be best to consider moving some of this into helpers that live
> in locks.c. I really don't like having filesystems poke around in the
> intimate details of the file locking code as a general rule...

I was also wondering whether helpers like for_each_posix_lock() or
first_posix_lock() would be worth it.

--b.
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