From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, tglx@linutronix.de,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp,
mfasheh@suse.com, jlbec@evilplan.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] fs: kill i_alloc_sem
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:35:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110621093521.GA32071@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110621054056.GP32466@dastard>
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 03:40:56PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Modification of inode->i_state is not safe outside the
> inode->i_lock.
We never actually set the new bit in i_state, we just use it as a key
for the hashed lookups. Or rather we try to, as I misunderstood how
wait_on_bit works, so currently we busywait for i_dio_count to reach
zero. I'll respin a version that actually works as expected.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-21 9:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-20 20:15 [PATCH 0/8] remove i_alloc_sem Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` [PATCH 1/8] far: remove i_alloc_sem abuse Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-21 15:57 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2011-06-21 16:09 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2011-06-21 16:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` [PATCH 2/8] ext4: " Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-21 16:34 ` Lukas Czerner
2011-06-21 16:48 ` Lukas Czerner
2011-06-21 17:16 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` [PATCH 3/8] fs: simpler handling of zero sized reads in __blockdev_direct_IO Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` [PATCH 4/8] fs: kill i_alloc_sem Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 21:32 ` Joel Becker
2011-06-20 22:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-07-01 2:58 ` Joel Becker
2011-06-21 5:40 ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-21 9:35 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2011-06-20 20:15 ` [PATCH 5/8] fs: move inode_dio_wait calls into ->setattr Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` [PATCH 6/8] fs: always maintain i_dio_count Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 21:29 ` Joel Becker
2011-06-20 22:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` [PATCH 7/8] btrfs: wait for direct I/O requests in truncate Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` [PATCH 8/8] rw_semaphore: remove up/down_read_non_owner Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-20 20:32 ` [PATCH 0/8] remove i_alloc_sem Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-21 23:54 ` Jan Kara
2011-06-22 9:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-22 14:22 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-06-22 18:13 ` Jan Kara
2011-06-23 10:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
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