linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 5/6] ext4: Call journal commit callback without holding j_list

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Message-ID: <20081103024202.GS8134@mit.edu>
Date:	Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:42:02 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	cmm@...ibm.com, sandeen@...hat.com, frederic.bohe@...l.net,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] ext4: Call journal commit callback without holding
	j_list_lock

Justification for this patch, please?  Is there a lockdep violation
that you're trying to avoid? 

Also, given that __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction() is called exactly
twice, instead of passing in an extra free, it might be simpler just
to transfer the responsibility of calling kfree() to the caller.

   	    		       	  	  - Ted
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