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From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
To: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>,
	axboe@kernel.dk, hch@lst.de,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] loop: defer the queue limits clear to a workqueue
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:33:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <68a0902e-00c2-4d7d-9714-531226bab73c@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903013800.1036691-1-cui.tao@linux.dev>

On 9/2/26 6:38 PM, Tao Cui wrote:
> +	struct work_struct      clear_limits_work;
> +	atomic_t		clear_limits_mode;
> +	atomic_t		rebind_gen;
> +	atomic_t		clear_limits_gen;

Three new atomic variables? That's too much because it makes it much
harder than necessary to verify the code changes. Please change the
atomic variables to non-atomic and use a new mutex to serialize accesses
to the new variables.

Thanks,

Bart.

      reply	other threads:[~2026-09-18 22:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-03  1:38 [PATCH v3] loop: defer the queue limits clear to a workqueue Tao Cui
2026-09-18 22:33 ` Bart Van Assche [this message]

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