linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] fix return value for mb_cache_shrink_fn when nr_to

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <201007201834.46593.agruen@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:34:46 +0200
From:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	"Wang Sheng-Hui" <crosslonelyover@...il.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, "linux-ext4" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix return value for mb_cache_shrink_fn when nr_to_scan > 0

On Tuesday 20 July 2010 17:13:56 Eric Sandeen wrote:
> I think the logic in the mbcache shrinker is fine.

Indeed yes, I got confused, sorry.

On Sunday 18 July 2010 08:36:59 Wang Sheng-Hui wrote:
> I regenerated the patch. Please check it.

Sheng-Hui, the mb_cache_lru_list list is now accessed without holding 
mb_cache_spinlock.

Thanks,
Andreas
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html