linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] Updated locking documentation for transaction

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Message-ID: <20201203140405.GC441757@mit.edu>
Date:   Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:04:05 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Alexander Lochmann <alexander.lochmann@...dortmund.de>
Cc:     Horst Schirmeier <horst.schirmeier@...dortmund.de>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Updated locking documentation for transaction_t

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 03:26:28PM +0200, Alexander Lochmann wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I've updated the lock documentation according to our finding for
> transaction_t.
> Does this patch look good to you?

I updated the annotations to match with the local usage, e.g:

	 * When commit was requested [journal_t.j_state_lock]

became:

	 * When commit was requested [j_state_lock]

Otherwise, looks good.  Thanks for the patch!

	   	 	       	       - Ted