linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] rwsem: Implement down_read

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Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2017 09:30:14 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] rwsem: Implement down_read_killable()

David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:

> I would have expected to see down_read_killable() actually used somewhere 
> after its implementation as part of this patchset.

There are some places we should be using down_{read|write}_interruptible(), if
it existed, dressed as inode_lock{,_shared}_interruptible().

David