Re: [PATCH 3/4] xfs: convert AIL cursors to use struct list_head

[Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>]

On Mon, 2011-07-18 at 13:40 +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> 
> The list of active AIL cursors uses a roll-your-own linked list with
> special casing for the AIL push cursor. Simplify this code by
> replacing the list with standard struct list_head lists, and use a
> separate list_head to track the active cursors. This allows us to
> treat the AIL push cursor as a generic cursor rather than as a
> special case, further simplifying the code.
> 
> Further, fix the duplicate push cursor initialisation that the
> special case handling was hiding, and clean up all the comments
> around the active cursor list handling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

You didn't fix one thing I mentioned before in a comment.
I can fix that for you if you like.  Other than that, this
looks good.

Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>

> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c  |   77 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
>  fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h |    4 +-
>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
> index 7908c79..8cd329b 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c

. . .

> @@ -181,17 +177,12 @@ xfs_trans_ail_cursor_init(

. . .

> - * Get the next item in the traversal and advance the cursor.
> - * If the cursor was invalidated (inidicated by a lip of 1),
> - * restart the traversal.
> + * Get the next item in the traversal and advance the cursor.  If the cursor
> + * was invalidated (indicated by a lip of 1), restart the traversal.
 * was invalidated (indicated by its item pointer's low bit being set),
 * restart the traversal.

>   */
>  struct xfs_log_item *
>  xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(

. . .

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