linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] exofs: remove lock/unlock super

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Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:30:14 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
Cc:	Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@...il.com>, bhalevy@...ian.com,
	jack@...e.cz, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, tytso@....edu,
	hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp, mikulas@...ax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, hch@...radead.org,
	dushistov@...l.ru, osd-dev@...n-osd.org,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] exofs: remove lock/unlock super

On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 16:15 +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> There are some optimizations I can do here, but lets for now just do
> the sb->s_lock thing, and I might decide to completely revamp the
> all thing later. 

OK. But I guess an exofs-specific mutex could be used instead. We do not
have to depend on 'sb->s_lock'.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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