linux-kernel - Re: [RFC, PATCH] fs: push rcu_barrier() from deactivate_locked

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Date:	Fri, 8 Jun 2012 23:25:33 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>,
	Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH] fs: push rcu_barrier() from
 deactivate_locked_super() to filesystems

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 03:06:20PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> .. hmm. I think you may be right. Even if we do move it up, we
> probably shouldn't use it.
> 
> We don't even want SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, since we do the delayed RCU
> free for other reasons anyway, so it would duplicate the RCU delaying
> and cause problems. I forgot about that little complication.
> 
> We could have a separate "RCU_BARRIER_ON_DESTROY" thing, but that's
> just silly too.

Why not make that rcu_barrier() in there unconditional?  Where are
we creating/destroying caches often enough for that to become a problem?
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