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From: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>
To: drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com
Subject: Re: [Drbd-dev] [DRBD 8.0 PATCH] Update state processing so that after-state-change is always done in worker thread
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:05:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080114090527.GH5715@barkeeper1.linbit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <342BAC0A5467384983B586A6B0B3767107C5AF5E@EXNA.corp.stratus.com>

On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 10:22:15AM -0500, Graham, Simon wrote:
> This patch updates the state processing so that the after state change
> processing is always done on the worker thread - my main motivation for
> this was to ensure that state change notifications are never re-ordered.
> 
> 
> This also involves the following:
> 1. starting the worker thread is done inline in drbd_set_state
> 2. the worker will be started whenever it is needed rather than
>    only when certain states are reached.
> 3. Marking the meta data dirty is done inline in drbd_set_state

this needs some time to get merged,
but has been on the list for a few weeks already.


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  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-14  9:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-11 15:22 [Drbd-dev] [DRBD 8.0 PATCH] Update state processing so that after-state-change is always done in worker thread Graham, Simon
2008-01-14  9:05 ` Lars Ellenberg [this message]
2008-01-15  9:14 ` Philipp Reisner
2008-01-15 13:50 ` Graham, Simon

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