Re: [PATCH 0/6] Get rid of I_MUTEX_QUOTA use

[Jan Kara]

On Wed 25-04-12 17:25:32, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:57:41PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > 
> >   Hello,
> > 
> >   this patch set changes generic quota code (and filesystems relying on it)
> > so that they don't use special locking class I_MUTEX_QUOTA. The only remaining
> > user of I_MUTEX_QUOTA is GFS2. If noone has objections, I can merge these
> > patches through my tree or Bruce, you can take them as your work depends
> > on these changes.
> 
> My changes will likely need to go through Al, and depend on GFS2 being
> fixed as well.
> 
> So it's up to Al.  Best might be to just merge it through your tree and
> let us sort it out in the next merge window?
  OK, I've added patches to my tree for now. I also sent a patch for GFS2
but after some investigation that's mostly a cleanup grade and Steven can
merge it independently. Quota inode in GFS2 is hidden system file so there
should be no locking problems with it wrt your patches.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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