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Message-ID: <CAPDOMViu2y1g2b6MXPSqh6_hbFjzo4BRmc39kLBjeF9ecwWN+A@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:43:55 -0400 From: Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com> To: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com> Cc: drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, drbd-user@...ts.linbit.com, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: drbd_worker.c: Remove lines On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 4:09 AM, Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2014-07-22 at 02:17 -0400, Nick Krause wrote: >> There seems to be two fix mes in function in wait_for_work. I was >> wondering can we remove these spinlocks? > > Rather than ask someone else this question, take a look to see what the > lock protects and from whom. If protected thingy cannot possibly be > diddled concurrently, you'll know what to do, if it can be, you'll know > what to do. If you can't figure it out, move on to the next windmill > until the last one on the planet has been tilted or bounced off of :) > > -Mike > Mike , Thanks for the advice. Cheers Nick -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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