From 0b7f7cefaea96ef25dbe54b8e16d2d61560d8b9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:26:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: Remove i_mutex use from ext4_quota_write() We don't need i_mutex in ext4_quota_write() because writes to quota file are serialized by dqio_mutex anyway. Changes to quota files outside of quota code are forbidded and enforced by NOATIME and IMMUTABLE bits. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara --- fs/ext4/super.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index ceebaf853beb..97938db9f39d 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -4760,7 +4760,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type, return -EIO; } - mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA); bh = ext4_bread(handle, inode, blk, 1, &err); if (!bh) goto out; @@ -4776,16 +4775,13 @@ static ssize_t ext4_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type, err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh); brelse(bh); out: - if (err) { - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); + if (err) return err; - } if (inode->i_size < off + len) { i_size_write(inode, off + len); EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size; ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); } - mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); return len; }