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namespaces_mutext is used to synchronize the operations on ctrl namespaces list. Most of the time, it is a read operation. On the other hand, there are many interfaces in nvme core that need this lock, such as nvme_wait_freeze, and even more interfaces will be added. If we use mutex here, circular dependency could be introduced easily. For example: context A context B nvme_xxx nvme_xxx hold namespaces_mutext require namespaces_mutext sync context B So it is better to change it from mutex to rwsem. Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jianchao Wang <jianchao.w.wang@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.