Re: [PATCH v8 00/10] kernfs: Remove reference counting for kernfs_open_node.

From: Imran Khan
Date: Thu Apr 28 2022 - 13:28:24 EST


Hello Tejun,

On 26/4/22 3:21 am, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 06:49:49PM +1000, Imran Khan wrote:
>> Thanks again for reviewing this and I agree with your suggestion. So far
>> most of the concerns have been around usage of kernfs_rwsem and those
>> can be addressed independent of first 5 (even first 7 )changes here.
>> Just one question in this regard, should I send the new patch set
>> (addressing open_file_mutex and list conversion) as a separate patch set
>> or should I sent it as v9 of ongoing change set. I guess first option is
>> better but thought of confirming once before proceeding.
>
> Either way is okay but I like the first one too. Let's break it up to
> smaller pieces so that we can make progress piece by piece.
>

I have sent first 5 patches after addressing your review comments. This
patch set can be seen at [1].

Could you please have a look and let me know if it looks okay.

Thanks
-- Imran

[1]:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220428055431.3826852-1-imran.f.khan@xxxxxxxxxx/