linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ocfs2: Remove a useless spinlock

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Message-ID: <a66632a1-9cde-1b3c-afa9-8f63bd4a9cf0@wanadoo.fr>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:32:07 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     David.Laight@...LAB.COM, jlbec@...lplan.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mark@...heh.com, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ocfs2: Remove a useless spinlock

Le 20/07/2022 à 11:48, Joseph Qi a écrit :
> 
> These code are introduced long time ago...
> Refer to commit b4df6ed8db0c "[PATCH] ocfs2: fix orphan recovery
> deadlock", I guess it plays a role 'barrier' and make sure test node map
> is executed prior than signal orphan recovery thread. In other words, to
> serialize evict inode and orphan recovery.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joseph
> 

Ok, so just leave it as-is.

Should I resend the serie without this patch, or can 1/3 and 3/3 be 
applied as-is?

CJ