Re: [RFC PATCH V2 07/12] fs: Add locking for a dynamic inode 'mode'

[Ira Weiny]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 05:03:22PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 04:20:05PM -0800, Ira Weiny wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 02:12:18PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 11:29:37AM -0800, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>

[snip]

> > > > +``lock_mode``
> > > > +	called to prevent operations which depend on the inode's mode from
> > > > +        proceeding should a mode change be in progress
> > > 
> > > "Inodes can't change mode, because files do not suddenly become
> > > directories". ;)
> > 
> > Yea sorry.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Oh, you meant "lock_XXXX is called to prevent a change in the pagecache
> > > mode from proceeding while there are address space operations in
> > > progress".  So these are really more aops get and put functions...
> > 
> > At first I actually did have aops get/put functions but this is really
> > protecting more than the aops vector because as Christoph said there are file
> > operations which need to be protected not just address space operations.
> > 
> > But I agree "mode" is a bad name...  Sorry...
> 
> inode_fops_{get,set}(), then?
> 
> inode_start_fileop()
> inode_end_fileop() ?
> 
> Trying to avoid sounding foppish <COUGH>

What about?

inode_[un]lock_state()?

Ira