linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] blkcg: add blkg_[rw]stat->aux_cnt and replace cfq_group->dead

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:55:44 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	axboe@...nel.dk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cgroups@...r.kernel.org, avanzini.arianna@...il.com,
	kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] blkcg: add blkg_[rw]stat->aux_cnt and replace
 cfq_group->dead_stats with it

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 09:45:25AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> I was just curious that why aux_cnt is different from rest of the stats.
> (It is atomic64_t while others are not).

Ooh because otherwise we'd have to protect it with sth - a spinlock,
u64 stat sync thing or whatever.  It's just a lot simpler and more
robust to use atomics.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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