linux-kernel - Re: LogFS merge

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Message-ID: <20080502203352.GC24080@logfs.org>
Date:	Fri, 2 May 2008 22:33:52 +0200
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LogFS merge

On Fri, 2 May 2008 11:31:14 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 05:49:38PM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> > You probably want an ACK from the VFS maintainers before aiming at
> > mainline. But it surely makes sense to ask Andrew to pull it in -mm
> > now.
> 
> Definitively wants a re-review with all the bits from last time fixed.
> 
> How did the inode_lock abuse get fixed, btw?  That one was rather
> lethal.

That wart is still itching.  I thought I'd need a core patch to remove
it, but looking at it again, I might get away with a private spinlock.

Will get fixed.

Jörn

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