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This patch replaces the nfs_version_mutex and nfs_version_lock with a single RW lock that protects access to the nfs_versions list. The mutex around request_module() seemed unnecessary to me, and I couldn't find any other callers using a lock around calls to request_module() when I looked. At the same time, I saw fs/filesystems.c using a RW lock to protect their filesystems list. This seems like a better idea than a spinlock to me, so I'm also making that change while I'm here. Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
Linux kernel
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