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From: Andrew Morton <akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Convert epoll to a bitlock
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:39:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090203133942.2ecec281.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1233598811-6871-3-git-send-email-corbet-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>

On Mon,  2 Feb 2009 11:20:09 -0700
Jonathan Corbet <corbet-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Matt Mackall suggested converting epoll's ep_lock to a bitlock as a way of
> saving space in struct file.  This patch makes that change.

hrm.  bit_spin_lock() makes people upset (large penguiny people).  iirc
it doesn't have all the correct/well-understood memory/compiler
ordering semantics which spinlocks have.  And lockdep doesn't know about
it.

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, andi@firstfloor.org,
	oleg@redhat.com, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk,
	davidel@xmailserver.org, davem@davemloft.net, hch@lst.de,
	linux-api@vger.kernel.org, mpm@selenic.com,
	alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, corbet@lwn.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Convert epoll to a bitlock
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:39:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090203133942.2ecec281.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1233598811-6871-3-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net>

On Mon,  2 Feb 2009 11:20:09 -0700
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:

> Matt Mackall suggested converting epoll's ep_lock to a bitlock as a way of
> saving space in struct file.  This patch makes that change.

hrm.  bit_spin_lock() makes people upset (large penguiny people).  iirc
it doesn't have all the correct/well-understood memory/compiler
ordering semantics which spinlocks have.  And lockdep doesn't know about
it.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-02-03 21:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-02 18:20 [PATCH/RFC] F_SETFL/Fasync BKL removal, now without unsightly global locks Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-02 18:20 ` Jonathan Corbet
     [not found] ` <1233598811-6871-1-git-send-email-corbet-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-02 18:20   ` [PATCH 1/4] Use bit operations for file->f_flags Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-02 18:20     ` Jonathan Corbet
     [not found]     ` <1233598811-6871-2-git-send-email-corbet-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 21:37       ` Andrew Morton
2009-02-03 21:37         ` Andrew Morton
2009-02-02 18:20   ` [PATCH 2/4] Convert epoll to a bitlock Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-02 18:20     ` Jonathan Corbet
     [not found]     ` <1233598811-6871-3-git-send-email-corbet-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 21:39       ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2009-02-03 21:39         ` Andrew Morton
     [not found]         ` <20090203133942.2ecec281.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 21:55           ` Eric Dumazet
2009-02-03 21:55             ` Eric Dumazet
     [not found]             ` <4988BD4E.8080206-fPLkHRcR87vqlBn2x/YWAg@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 22:05               ` Andrew Morton
2009-02-03 22:05                 ` Andrew Morton
     [not found]                 ` <20090203140543.6e915f97.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 22:22                   ` Matt Mackall
2009-02-03 22:22                     ` Matt Mackall
2009-02-03 22:37                     ` Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-03 22:37                       ` Jonathan Corbet
     [not found]                       ` <20090203153740.363d0a04-vw3g6Xz/EtPk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 22:53                         ` Andrew Morton
2009-02-03 22:53                           ` Andrew Morton
     [not found]                           ` <20090203145346.8df40277.akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 23:09                             ` Davide Libenzi
2009-02-03 23:09                               ` Davide Libenzi
     [not found]                               ` <alpine.DEB.1.10.0902031508280.23050-GPJ85BhbkB8RepQJljzAVbITYcZ0+W3JAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 23:12                                 ` Davide Libenzi
2009-02-03 23:12                                   ` Davide Libenzi
2009-02-03 23:19                             ` Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-03 23:19                               ` Jonathan Corbet
     [not found]                               ` <20090203161931.4054a25e-vw3g6Xz/EtPk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-03 23:29                                 ` Andrew Morton
2009-02-03 23:29                                   ` Andrew Morton
2009-02-04  7:13                                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-02-04  7:13                                   ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]                                   ` <20090204071320.GA19348-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-04  7:20                                     ` Nick Piggin
2009-02-04  7:20                                       ` Nick Piggin
     [not found]                                       ` <200902041820.20535.nickpiggin-/E1597aS9LT0CCvOHzKKcA@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-04 13:34                                         ` Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-04 13:34                                           ` Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-04 16:51                                     ` Davide Libenzi
2009-02-04 16:51                                       ` Davide Libenzi
2009-02-03 23:08               ` Davide Libenzi
2009-02-03 23:08                 ` Davide Libenzi
     [not found]                 ` <alpine.DEB.1.10.0902031446280.23050-GPJ85BhbkB8RepQJljzAVbITYcZ0+W3JAL8bYrjMMd8@public.gmane.org>
2009-02-04  2:48                   ` Eric Dumazet
2009-02-04  2:48                     ` Eric Dumazet
2009-02-04  1:00         ` wli
2009-02-04  4:54         ` Nick Piggin
2009-02-02 18:20   ` [PATCH 3/4] Move FASYNC bit handling to f_op->fasync() Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-02 18:20     ` Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-02 18:20   ` [PATCH 4/4] Rationalize fasync return values Jonathan Corbet
2009-02-02 18:20     ` Jonathan Corbet

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