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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] xfs: split direct IO write path from xfs_file_aio_write
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:29:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101220112947.GC6881@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101217073125.GE5193@dastard>

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 06:31:25PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > Speaking of that, shouldn't xfs_file_aio_read also take the iolock
> > exclusive during the page invalidation and then demote it, just like
> > the write case?  The above helpers would enforce that nicely.
> 
> Probably, though it might be best to leave that to another cleanup
> series. I'll see how much perturbation of the read path it makes....

Yes, it should be a separate patch for sure.  If you prefer another
series that's fine with me, too.

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-12-20 11:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-15  1:23 [PATCH 0/7] xfs: serialise unaligned direct IOs Dave Chinner
2010-12-15  1:23 ` [PATCH 1/7] xfs: ensure sync write errors are returned Dave Chinner
2010-12-16 11:57   ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-12-16 21:57     ` Dave Chinner
2010-12-16 20:50   ` Alex Elder
2010-12-17  6:43     ` Dave Chinner
2010-12-15  1:23 ` [PATCH 2/7] xfs: factor common post-write isize handling code Dave Chinner
2010-12-15  1:23 ` [PATCH 4/7] xfs: split direct IO write path from xfs_file_aio_write Dave Chinner
2010-12-16 12:06   ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-12-17  7:31     ` Dave Chinner
2010-12-20 11:29       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2010-12-21  0:51         ` Dave Chinner
2010-12-15  1:23 ` [PATCH 5/7] xfs: split buffered " Dave Chinner
2010-12-15  1:23 ` [PATCH 6/7] xfs: factor common write setup code Dave Chinner
2010-12-15  1:23 ` [PATCH 7/7] xfs: serialise unaligned direct IOs Dave Chinner

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