Re: [v2 PATCH] rhashtable: Still do rehash when we get EEXIST
From: Josh Elsasser
Date: Sat Jan 26 2019 - 17:02:57 EST
On Jan 23, 2019, at 7:40 PM, Josh Elsasser <jelsasser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2019, at 7:08 PM, Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for catching this!
>>
>> Although I think we should fix this in a different way. The problem
>> here is that the shrink cannot proceed because there was a previous
>> rehash that is still incomplete. We should wait for its completion
>> and then reattempt a shrinnk should it still be necessary.
>
> I can't test this right now because our VM server's down
Got one of the poor little reproducer VM's back up and running and loaded
up this patch. Works like a charm. For the v2 PATCH, can add my:
Tested-by: Josh Elsasser <jelsasser@xxxxxxxxxxx>