linux-kernel - Re: [V9fs-developer] [PATCH 0/6] 9p: Use IDRs more effectively

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Message-ID: <20180711133834.GA27521@nautica>
Date:   Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:38:34 +0200
From:   Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>,
        Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ron Minnich <rminnich@...dia.gov>
Subject: Re: [V9fs-developer] [PATCH 0/6] 9p: Use IDRs more effectively

Matthew Wilcox wrote on Thu, Jun 28, 2018:
> The 9p code doesn't take advantage of the IDR's ability to store
> a pointer.  We can actually get rid of the p9_idpool abstraction
> and the multi-dimensional array of requests.
> 
> I haven't tested these patches, so caveat maintainer.

Overall pretty good for something that hadn't even been tested!

I'm done with the comments here, the three other patches I didn't
comment look good to me.

For [PATCH 4/6] 9p: Remove an unnecessary memory barrier, your suggested
wording in the comment is good; I've offered to do it if you aren't
going to but since you're submitting a second version of the other
patchs I suggest you do this one as well.

Thanks for the well-needed cleanup,
-- 
Dominique Martinet