linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] fs/dcache: avoid trylock loops

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Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:59:25 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] fs/dcache: avoid trylock loops

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 3:50 PM, John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> This patchset removes all trylock loops from within the dcache code.

I'm not hating it.

It may be because I got used (resigned?) to this from the discussion
around the previous version. But it looks ok to me.

But this is very much an area where I do want Al to ack it all, so
let's see if he's any happier now.

              Linus