loop: scale loop device by introducing per device lock
Currently, loop device has only one global lock: loop_ctl_mutex. This becomes hot in scenarios where many loop devices are used. Scale it by introducing per-device lock: lo_mutex that protects modifications of all fields in struct loop_device. Keep loop_ctl_mutex to protect global data: loop_index_idr, loop_lookup, loop_add. The new lock ordering requirement is that loop_ctl_mutex must be taken before lo_mutex. Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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