linux-ext4 - [PATCH RFC 0/5] Eliminate most lock

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Date:	Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:49:20 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Eliminate most lock_super() calls from ext4


On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 08:40:47PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> ext3/4 internal bits?  Doesn't seem to be used for any journal related
> activity but mostly as protection against resizing (the whole lock_super
> usage in ext3/4 looks odd to me, interestingly there's none at all in
> ext2.  Maybe someone of the extN crowd should audit and get rid of it in
> favour of a better fs-specific lock)

Here are some patches which eliminate most of the lock_super() and
unlock_super() calls from ext4.  The last remaining calls are designed
to proect against another CPU calling write_super(), which is the
original intended use.   

If these patches work out, we can backport these patches to ext3.

Comments and review appreciated; thanks!!

						- Ted

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