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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 59c1415..d866551 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ata *);
locking rules:
all may block, none have BKL
- i_sem(inode)
+ i_mutex(inode)
lookup: yes
create: yes
link: yes (both)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ setxattr: yes
getxattr: no
listxattr: no
removexattr: yes
- Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_sem on
+ Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_mutex on
victim.
cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
->truncate() is never called directly - it's a callback, not a
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ doesn't take the BKL.
->read on directories probably must go away - we should just enforce -EISDIR
in sys_read() and friends.
-->fsync() has i_sem on inode.
+->fsync() has i_mutex on inode.
--------------------------- dquot_operations -------------------------------
prototypes:
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