linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/7] ext2: Preparation to remove BKL (v2)

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Message-ID: <20100414135048.GE3616@quack.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:50:48 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, tytso@....edu,
	Linux-Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] ext2: Preparation to remove BKL (v2)

On Wed 14-04-10 14:38:32, Jan Blunck wrote:
> This is a series of patches in preparation to the removal of the big kernel
> lock from ext2. It consists mostly of cleanup patches to later introduce a
> spinlock to protect some of the superblock's fields against concurrent access.
> With the spinlock in place we don't need to use the big kernel lock anymore.
> 
> This series has been part of the BKL removal patches that I have posted in
> November 2009 already. I've addressed the feedback kindly provided by Ogawa-san
> by moving the ext2_write_super() out of ext2_setup_super().
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - fix typo when setting MS_RDONLY
> - take s_lock when setting EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR
> - fold ext2_commit_super() into ext2_sync_super()
> - include BKL removal patch
  OK, I've merged all the patches into my for_testing branch. When it
survives some testing, I'll push them to for_next branch to be pushed
for 2.6.35.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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