linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] blk-mq: replace timeout synchronization with a RCU and generation based scheme

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Message-ID: <20180109154642.GK3668920@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 Jan 2018 07:46:42 -0800
From:   "tj@...nel.org" <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>
Cc:     "jbacik@...com" <jbacik@...com>, "jack@...e.cz" <jack@...e.cz>,
        "clm@...com" <clm@...com>, "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "kernel-team@...com" <kernel-team@...com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "jianchao.w.wang@...cle.com" <jianchao.w.wang@...cle.com>,
        "hch@....de" <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] blk-mq: replace timeout synchronization with a RCU
 and generation based scheme

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 11:29:11PM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Does "gstate" perhaps stand for "generation number and state"? If so, please
> mention this in one of the above comments.

Yeah, will do.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun