linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] Updated locking documentation for journal

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Date:   Fri, 2 Apr 2021 11:40:19 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Alexander Lochmann <alexander.lochmann@...dortmund.de>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Horst Schirmeier <horst.schirmeier@...dortmund.de>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Updated locking documentation for journal_t

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 10:51:55AM +0100, Alexander Lochmann wrote:
> Some members of transaction_t are allowed to be read without
> any lock being held if consistency doesn't matter.
> Based on LockDoc's findings, we extended the locking
> documentation of those members.
> Each one of them is marked with a short comment:
> "no lock for quick racy checks".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lochmann <alexander.lochmann@...dortmund.de>
> Signed-off-by: Horst Schirmeier <horst.schirmeier@...dortmund.de>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied.  I had to fix up the patch, which was mailer-damaged,
and I also reflowed the comments.

					- Ted