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dnotify: do not bother to lock entry->lock when reading mask
authorEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:09:47 +0000 (11:09 -0400)
committerEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:57:54 +0000 (14:57 -0400)
commitdf1d3bb92f0f44c2ce5140bf958284cfd4ef36a9
tree4a438d07fbce1acbb3970b631211aaf445f2e41btree | snapshot
parent7e7afc5967019f08c64c1d80e81bbed3213cd7adcommit | diff
dnotify: do not bother to lock entry->lock when reading mask

entry->lock is needed to make sure entry->mask does not change while
manipulating it.  In dnotify_should_send_event() we don't care if we get an
old or a new mask value out of this entry so there is no point it taking
the lock.

Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
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