[RFC] use a shared lock for VOP_GETEXTATTR

From: <mdf_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:37:51 -0700
VOP_GETEXTATTR is currently called with an exclusive lock, which seems
like overkill for what is essentially a read operation.  I had a look
over the various in-tree filesystems and it didn't look like any of
them will have a problem if a shared-mode lock is used for
vop_getextattr.

Does anyone know otherwise?  Is someone using extended attributes
regularly who can test this?

[sorry if this is a duplicate; I first sent from my non-FreeBSD mail]

Thanks,
matthew

Received on Thu Mar 28 2013 - 00:45:26 UTC

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