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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>,
	Linux-NFS <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: rpcauth_lookup_credcache() lock contentions
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:45:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120625024552.GJ4152@tassilo.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1340587274.8758.11.camel@lade.trondhjem.org>

> I believe that the spinlock is there in order to ensure that the
> test_bit() and get_rpccred() are atomic w.r.t. garbage collection.

Normally RCU should ensure that already with minor care.
Only drop after a quiescent period and when the reference is still 0.
And drop always when the refcount goes to 0.

-Andi


-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-25  2:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20120623122604.GA10887@localhost>
2012-06-23 15:07 ` rpcauth_lookup_credcache() lock contentions Fengguang Wu
2012-06-24 21:34 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-25  1:21   ` Myklebust, Trond
2012-06-25  2:45     ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2012-06-25  2:42   ` Fengguang Wu
2012-06-27 18:03     ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-27 18:36       ` Myklebust, Trond
2012-07-05 13:11       ` Fengguang Wu
2012-07-05 15:05         ` Malahal Naineni
2012-07-05 16:29           ` Andi Kleen
2012-07-05 16:27         ` Andi Kleen

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