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

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Message-ID: <20aa3fe4-0ad1-80b6-ca64-b0bcba884b49@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:53:18 +0800
From:   Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
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



On 7/20/22 9:32 PM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 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?
> 

If you don't mind, please resend with my rvb and involve akpm as well.

Thanks,
Joseph