On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 09:30:42AM +1100, Nathan Scott wrote:
> Not for reads AFAICT - __generic_file_aio_read + own-locking
> should always have released i_mutex at the end of the direct
> read - are you thinking of writes or have I missed something?
if an error occurs before a_ops->direct_IO is called __generic_file_aio_read
will return with i_mutex still locked. Note that checking for negative
return values is not enough as __blockdev_direct_IO can return errors
aswell.
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