if (seq->op == &format3_seq_ops)
                ri->format = 3;
 
-       read_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        if (!list_empty(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].list)) {
                list_for_each_entry(r, &ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].list,
                                    res_hashchain) {
                                dlm_hold_rsb(r);
                                ri->rsb = r;
                                ri->bucket = bucket;
-                               read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+                               spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
                                return ri;
                        }
                }
        }
-       read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
 
        /*
         * move to the first rsb in the next non-empty bucket
                        return NULL;
                }
 
-               read_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+               spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
                if (!list_empty(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].list)) {
                        r = list_first_entry(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].list,
                                             struct dlm_rsb, res_hashchain);
                        dlm_hold_rsb(r);
                        ri->rsb = r;
                        ri->bucket = bucket;
-                       read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
                        *pos = n;
                        return ri;
                }
-               read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        }
 }
 
         * move to the next rsb in the same bucket
         */
 
-       read_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        rp = ri->rsb;
        next = rp->res_hashchain.next;
 
                r = list_entry(next, struct dlm_rsb, res_hashchain);
                dlm_hold_rsb(r);
                ri->rsb = r;
-               read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
                dlm_put_rsb(rp);
                ++*pos;
                return ri;
        }
-       read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        dlm_put_rsb(rp);
 
        /*
                        return NULL;
                }
 
-               read_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+               spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
                if (!list_empty(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].list)) {
                        r = list_first_entry(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].list,
                                             struct dlm_rsb, res_hashchain);
                        dlm_hold_rsb(r);
                        ri->rsb = r;
                        ri->bucket = bucket;
-                       read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
                        *pos = n;
                        return ri;
                }
-               read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        }
 }
 
 
 struct dlm_rsbtable {
        struct list_head        list;
        struct list_head        toss;
-       rwlock_t                lock;
+       spinlock_t              lock;
 };
 
 struct dlm_lkbtable {
 
                      unsigned int flags, struct dlm_rsb **r_ret)
 {
        int error;
-       write_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
+       spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
        error = _search_rsb(ls, name, len, b, flags, r_ret);
-       write_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
        return error;
 }
 
                r->res_nodeid = nodeid;
        }
 
-       write_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        error = _search_rsb(ls, name, namelen, bucket, 0, &tmp);
        if (!error) {
-               write_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
                dlm_free_rsb(r);
                r = tmp;
                goto out;
        }
        list_add(&r->res_hashchain, &ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].list);
-       write_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        error = 0;
  out:
        *r_ret = r;
        struct dlm_ls *ls = r->res_ls;
        uint32_t bucket = r->res_bucket;
 
-       write_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        kref_put(&r->res_ref, toss_rsb);
-       write_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
 }
 
 void dlm_put_rsb(struct dlm_rsb *r)
 
        for (;;) {
                found = 0;
-               write_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
+               spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
                list_for_each_entry_reverse(r, &ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].toss,
                                            res_hashchain) {
                        if (!time_after_eq(jiffies, r->res_toss_time +
                }
 
                if (!found) {
-                       write_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
                        break;
                }
 
                if (kref_put(&r->res_ref, kill_rsb)) {
                        list_del(&r->res_hashchain);
-                       write_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
 
                        if (is_master(r))
                                dir_remove(r);
                        dlm_free_rsb(r);
                        count++;
                } else {
-                       write_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[b].lock);
                        log_error(ls, "tossed rsb in use %s", r->res_name);
                }
        }
 {
        struct dlm_rsb *r, *r_ret = NULL;
 
-       read_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        list_for_each_entry(r, &ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].list, res_hashchain) {
                if (!rsb_flag(r, RSB_LOCKS_PURGED))
                        continue;
                r_ret = r;
                break;
        }
-       read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
+       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[bucket].lock);
        return r_ret;
 }
 
 
        for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].list);
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].toss);
-               rwlock_init(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
+               spin_lock_init(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
        }
 
        size = dlm_config.ci_lkbtbl_size;
 
        }
 
        for (i = 0; i < ls->ls_rsbtbl_size; i++) {
-               read_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
+               spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
                list_for_each_entry(r, &ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].list, res_hashchain) {
                        list_add(&r->res_root_list, &ls->ls_root_list);
                        dlm_hold_rsb(r);
                   but no other recovery steps should do anything with them. */
 
                if (dlm_no_directory(ls)) {
-                       read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
+                       spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
                        continue;
                }
 
                        list_add(&r->res_root_list, &ls->ls_root_list);
                        dlm_hold_rsb(r);
                }
-               read_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
        }
  out:
        up_write(&ls->ls_root_sem);
        int i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < ls->ls_rsbtbl_size; i++) {
-               write_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
+               spin_lock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
                list_for_each_entry_safe(r, safe, &ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].toss,
                                         res_hashchain) {
                        if (dlm_no_directory(ls) || !is_master(r)) {
                                dlm_free_rsb(r);
                        }
                }
-               write_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
+               spin_unlock(&ls->ls_rsbtbl[i].lock);
        }
 }