Re: [PATCH 2/3] ocfs2: Remove a useless spinlock

From: Joseph Qi
Date: Wed Jul 20 2022 - 21:53:27 EST




On 7/20/22 9:32 PM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 20/07/2022 à 11:48, Joseph Qi a écrit :
>>
>> These code are introduced long time ago...
>> Refer to commit b4df6ed8db0c "[PATCH] ocfs2: fix orphan recovery
>> deadlock", I guess it plays a role 'barrier' and make sure test node map
>> is executed prior than signal orphan recovery thread. In other words, to
>> serialize evict inode and orphan recovery.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joseph
>>
>
> Ok, so just leave it as-is.
>
> Should I resend the serie without this patch, or can 1/3 and 3/3 be applied as-is?
>

If you don't mind, please resend with my rvb and involve akpm as well.

Thanks,
Joseph