netdev - Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH v2 0/2] gfs2: Stop using rhashtable_walk

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Date:   Wed, 4 Apr 2018 11:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Bob Peterson <rpeterso@...hat.com>
To:     Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
Cc:     cluster-devel@...hat.com, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
        Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>
Subject: Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH v2 0/2] gfs2: Stop using
 rhashtable_walk_peek

----- Original Message -----
> Here's a second version of the patch (now a patch set) to eliminate
> rhashtable_walk_peek in gfs2.
> 
> The first patch introduces lockref_put_not_zero, the inverse of
> lockref_get_not_zero.
> 
> The second patch eliminates rhashtable_walk_peek in gfs2.  In
> gfs2_glock_iter_next, the new lockref function from patch one is used to
> drop a lockref count as long as the count doesn't drop to zero.  This is
> almost always the case; if there is a risk of dropping the last
> reference, we must defer that to a work queue because dropping the last
> reference may sleep.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andreas
> 
> Andreas Gruenbacher (2):
>   lockref: Add lockref_put_not_zero
>   gfs2: Stop using rhashtable_walk_peek
> 
>  fs/gfs2/glock.c         | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  include/linux/lockref.h |  1 +
>  lib/lockref.c           | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.14.3

Hi,

The patches look good. The big question is whether to add them to this
merge window while it's still open. Opinions?

Acked-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@...hat.com>

Regards,

Bob Peterson