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Message-ID: <20080801182227.GI20055@kernel.dk>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:22:27 +0200
From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Arthur Jones <ajones@...erbed.com>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: [PULL REQUEST] md bug fixes and minor improvements
On Fri, Aug 01 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > + spin_lock_irq(&bitmap->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
> > blk_plug_device(bitmap->mddev->queue);
> > + spin_unlock_irq(&bitmap->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
>
> Can we please not have a chain of three dereferences in a row like that?
> That's an almost certain sign that we should either have a helper function
> or just a variable, and do it as
>
> queue = bitmap->mddev->queue;
>
> spin_lock_irq(&queue->queue_lock);
> blk_plug_device(queue);
> spin_unlock_irq(&queue->queue_lock);
>
> Hmm? Perhaps the helper function is cleaner, ie
>
> static inline blk_plug_device_unlocked(struct request_queue * queue)
> {..
>
> instead. That, of course, would have to use spin_lock_irqsave().
I rather like that. I've got a few simpler things to push, I'll queue it
up with that and send you a pull request later today.
--
Jens Axboe
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