linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: remove retry loop

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Message-ID: <eb08b3f1-1b8f-c981-2264-fb921a9cda02@kernel.dk>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:23:05 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] block: remove retry loop

On 6/19/20 9:17 AM, John Ogness wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This series removes a retry loop in the ioc reverse-order
> double lock dance, replacing it with an implementation that
> uses guaranteed forward progress.
> 
> While at it, it also removes the nested spinlock usage,
> which no longer applies since CFQ is gone.

Applied for 5.9, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe