Re: [PATCH 1/3] rhashtable: use cmpxchg() in nested_table_alloc()

[Herbert Xu]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 05:51:55PM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
>
> I hoped the patch could be justified on the basis that the current
> behaviour is fragile - the dependency that a single spin lock covers a
> while slot (and all children) in the top-level nested table is not at
> all obvious.
> 
> I do have a stronger reason though - I want the replace the spinlocks
> with bit-spin-locks.  With those we will only hold a lock for the
> particular chain being worked on.  If you need that extra explanation to
> justify the patch, I'll hold it over until the other two patches land
> and the rest of the bit-spin-lock series is ready.

I think it would make more sense to combine this patch with your
bit-spin-lock patch in a series.

Thanks,
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