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Date:	Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:50:40 -0800
From:	"Tim Pepper" <lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 08/28] fs: change d_hash for rcu-walk

On Wed 17 Nov at 01:09:08 +1100 npiggin@...nel.dk said:
> Change d_hash so it may be called from lock-free RCU lookups. See similar
> patch for d_compare for details.
> 
> For in-tree filesystems, this is just a mechanical change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>
> 
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/Locking |    5 +++--
>  Documentation/filesystems/porting |    7 +++++++
>  Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt |    8 ++++++--
>  fs/dcache.c                       |    2 +-
>  include/linux/dcache.h            |    3 ++-

And maybe I'm lazy or something, but it seems like it'd make the reviewing
easier if the above core hunks were formatted in the email before/above
the pages and pages of per fs changes.

-- 
Tim Pepper  <lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
IBM Linux Technology Center
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