linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/28] SLOW_WORK: Wait for outstanding work items belonging to a module to clear

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:19:56 +0000
From:	steve@...gwyn.com
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-cachefs@...hat.com, nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, steved@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/28] SLOW_WORK: Wait for outstanding work items
	belonging to  a module to clear

Hi,

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 05:20:39PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Wait for outstanding slow work items belonging to a module to clear when
> unregistering that module as a user of the facility.  This prevents the put_ref
> code of a work item from being taken away before it returns.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/slow-work.txt |   13 +++-
>  fs/fscache/main.c           |    6 +-
>  fs/fscache/object.c         |    1 
>  fs/fscache/operation.c      |    1 
>  fs/gfs2/main.c              |    4 +
>  fs/gfs2/recovery.c          |    1 
>  include/linux/slow-work.h   |    8 ++-
>  kernel/slow-work.c          |  132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  8 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
GFS2 bits Acked-By: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>

Steve.
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