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NFSD: use read_seqbegin() rather than read_seqbegin_or_lock()
The usage of read_seqbegin_or_lock() in nfsd_copy_write_verifier() is wrong. "seq" is always even and thus "or_lock" has no effect, this code can never take ->writeverf_lock for writing. I guess this is fine, nfsd_copy_write_verifier() just copies 8 bytes and nfsd_reset_write_verifier() is supposed to be very rare operation so we do not need the adaptive locking in this case. Yet the code looks wrong and sub-optimal, it can use read_seqbegin() without changing the behaviour. [ cel: Note also that it eliminates this Sparse warning: fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c:360:6: warning: context imbalance in 'nfsd_copy_write_verifier' - different lock contexts for basic block ] Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
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