linux-kernel - Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH 1/3] GFS2: Rework reclaiming unlinked dinodes

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Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 05:21:55 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
Cc:	cluster-devel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH 1/3] GFS2: Rework reclaiming unlinked
	dinodes

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 09:21:27AM +0100, Steven Whitehouse wrote:
> From: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@...hat.com>
> 
> The previous patch I wrote for reclaiming unlinked dinodes
> had some shortcomings and did not prevent all hangs.
> This version is much cleaner and more logical, and has
> passed very difficult testing.  Sorry for the churn.

It would be much more helpful to have a commit message that describes
what is changed and why.  The above one won't tell anyting to someone
reading through the commit log later on.

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