[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 2/3] ocfs2: Remove a useless spinlock

Joseph Qi joseph.qi at linux.alibaba.com
Thu Jul 21 01:53:18 UTC 2022



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



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