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From: npiggin@suse.de
To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 1/5] fs: make use of rcu helpers
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:19:04 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090915192242.553693570@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20090915191903.290006007@suse.de

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list_add_tail_rcu contains required barriers.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c |    5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -152,11 +152,6 @@ static void bdi_queue_work(struct backin
 		atomic_set(&work->pending, bdi->wb_cnt);
 		BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);
 
-		/*
-		 * Make sure stores are seen before it appears on the list
-		 */
-		smp_mb();
-
 		spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
 		list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
 		spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);



  reply	other threads:[~2009-09-15 19:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-15 19:19 [patch 0/5] bdi writeback fixes npiggin
2009-09-15 19:19 ` npiggin [this message]
2009-09-15 19:31   ` [patch 1/5] fs: make use of rcu helpers Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 2/5] fs: improve scalability of bdi writeback work queues npiggin
2009-09-15 19:31   ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 3/5] fs: fix bdi writeback use after free 1 npiggin
2009-09-15 19:32   ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 4/5] fs: fix possible bdi writeback refcounting problem npiggin
2009-09-15 19:30   ` Jens Axboe
2009-09-15 19:19 ` [patch 5/5] fs: fix bdi writeback use after free 2 npiggin
2009-09-15 19:29   ` Jens Axboe

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