Re: [PATCH] bdi: Fix another oops in wb_workfn()

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 3:44 AM Tetsuo Handa
<penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Can't we utilize RCU grace period (like shown below) ?

_Please_ don't do conditional locking. Particularly not the kind where
then a function drops the lock that was taken in another function -
and only does it based on some parameter.

Yes, we have cases where we do it, but it's seldom a great idea, and
it _really_ makes for subtle code (and subtle bugs).

                  Linus