linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 07/10] orangefs: Use RCU for destroy

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Message-ID: <CAOg9mSTnfgJyNd=He9-5Lin160HTpUZ6Wv4qzbpR_rfOJL3Eqg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:44:40 -0500
From:   Mike Marshall <hubcap@...ibond.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Chris Mason <clm@...com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        elena.reshetova@...el.com, Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@...il.com>,
        David Windsor <dwindsor@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 07/10] orangefs: Use RCU for destroy_inode

Hi... sorry if I got the attribution wrong... the commit I studied
was:

commit 76d8aeabfeb1c42641a81c44280177b9a08670d8
Author: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 23 22:00:49 2005 -0700

It was huge <g> ...

-Mike


On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 3:44 AM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> Mike Marshall <hubcap@...ibond.com> wrote:
>
>> Using the git log, I searched back to where it seems to me call_rcu was
>> added, a giant patch from 2005 by David Howells which includes tons of
>> source and a large amount of documentation.
>
> I'm pretty sure Paul McKenney added call_rcu(), not me.
>
> David