linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] don't take lock on changing ra

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Message-ID: <20081125080438.GQ26308@kernel.dk>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:04:39 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] don't take lock on changing ra_pages

On Sun, Nov 23 2008, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> There's no need to take queue_lock or kernel_lock when modifying
> bdi->ra_pages. So remove them. Also remove out of date comment for
> queue_max_sectors_store().

Thanks, applied to for-2.6.29.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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