[PATCH, RFC] xfs: remove i_iolock and use i_rwsem in the VFS inode instead

[Dave Chinner]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 04:50:26AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 09:43:35AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > Regardless, if the rwsem code can be made to check for exclusive or
> > shared locking, we can get rid of the mrlock abstraction. Can we do
> > that first, Christoph, then make this lock change?
> 
> I was going to do that next, but if you want the patch order switched
> around I can do that as well.

Yeah, I'd prefer we remove te abstraction first, then switch to the
vfs inode lock.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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