[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/2] ocfs2 fix o2dlm dlm run purgelist

[Sunil Mushran]

On 06/17/2010 01:35 AM, Srinivas Eeda wrote:
> On 6/17/2010 1:32 AM, Joel Becker wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 06:44:43PM -0700, Sunil Mushran wrote:
>>    
>>> One way to skip a lockres in the purgelist is to list_del_init() and
>>> list_add_tail(). That simplifies the patch a lot.
>>>
>>> I have attached a quick&  dirty patch. See if that satisfies all the
>>> requirements.
>>>      
>>
>> 	As far as I can tell from reading the code, the time_after()
>> check is because they are time ordered.  Wouldn't moving it to the end
>> violate that?
>>    
> right. that's why I didn't want to move used lockres to tail :)


No. There is no need for time ordering. Or, am I missing something?

We delay the purge incase the file system changes its mind and wants
to reuse it. By delaying, we hold onto the mastery information. That's it.

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