linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: do not bother checkpoint by f2fs_get_node

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Message-ID: <953ccf2e-69fe-f8c6-03b9-8fd62162a21c@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:37:00 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: do not bother checkpoint by
 f2fs_get_node_info

On 2021/12/15 2:24, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> This patch tries to mitigate lock contention between f2fs_write_checkpoint and
> f2fs_get_node_info along with nat_tree_lock.
> 
> The idea is, if checkpoint is currently running, other threads that try to grab
> nat_tree_lock would be better to wait for checkpoint.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>

Thanks,