linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] kernfs: Use RCU to access kernfs

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Message-ID: <Z64e6gdsFL9i7Cl3@slm.duckdns.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 06:33:46 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] kernfs: Use RCU to access
 kernfs_node::{parent|name}.

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 03:50:17PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> This started as a bug report by Hillf Danton and aims to access
> kernfs_node::{name|parent} with RCU to avoid the lock during
> kernfs_path_from_node().
> 
> I've split the individual fixes in separate patches (#1 to #4). I've
> also split the ::parent and ::name RCU conversation into a single patch
> (#5 and #6).

Greg, the whole series looks good to me. Probably ready to iterate in tree
even if there are more updates to make?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun