---

yaml
---
r: 54492
b: refs/heads/master
c: 2beb661
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fd85b8170dabbf021987875ef7f903791f4f181e
+refs/heads/master: 2beb6614f5e36c6165b704c167d82ef3e4ceaa0c

trunk/fs/locks.c

@@ -1698,6 +1698,25 @@ int fcntl_getlk(struct file *filp, struct flock __user *l)
  * If the filesystem defines a private ->lock() method, then @conf will
  * be left unchanged; so a caller that cares should initialize it to
  * some acceptable default.
+ *
+ * To avoid blocking kernel daemons, such as lockd, that need to acquire POSIX
+ * locks, the ->lock() interface may return asynchronously, before the lock has
+ * been granted or denied by the underlying filesystem, if (and only if)
+ * fl_grant is set. Callers expecting ->lock() to return asynchronously
+ * will only use F_SETLK, not F_SETLKW; they will set FL_SLEEP if (and only if)
+ * the request is for a blocking lock. When ->lock() does return asynchronously,
+ * it must return -EINPROGRESS, and call ->fl_grant() when the lock
+ * request completes.
+ * If the request is for non-blocking lock the file system should return
+ * -EINPROGRESS then try to get the lock and call the callback routine with
+ * the result. If the request timed out the callback routine will return a
+ * nonzero return code and the file system should release the lock. The file
+ * system is also responsible to keep a corresponding posix lock when it
+ * grants a lock so the VFS can find out which locks are locally held and do
+ * the correct lock cleanup when required.
+ * The underlying filesystem must not drop the kernel lock or call
+ * ->fl_grant() before returning to the caller with a -EINPROGRESS
+ * return code.
  */
 int vfs_lock_file(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, struct file_lock *fl, struct file_lock *conf)
 {

trunk/include/linux/fs.h

@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ struct file_lock_operations {
 struct lock_manager_operations {
 	int (*fl_compare_owner)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);
 	void (*fl_notify)(struct file_lock *);	/* unblock callback */
+	int (*fl_grant)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *, int);
 	void (*fl_copy_lock)(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);
 	void (*fl_release_private)(struct file_lock *);
 	void (*fl_break)(struct file_lock *);