Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263578AbVCEEez (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:34:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263410AbVCDXmT (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:42:19 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:35266 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263276AbVCDVuy (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2005 16:50:54 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 16:50:33 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Andrew Morton Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chrisw@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.11.1 Message-ID: <20050304215033.GB931@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chrisw@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org References: <20050304175302.GA29289@kroah.com> <20050304124431.676fd7cf.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050304124431.676fd7cf.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 768 Lines: 21 On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:44:31PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > wrt the nfsd patches, Neil said: > > The problem they fix is that currently: > Client A holds a lock > Client B tries to get the lock and blocks > Client A drops the lock > **Client B doesn't get the lock immediately, but has to wait for a > timeout. (several seconds) Sounds like a performance thing than "oh my god the world is falling apart" type thing. Given it recovers after a few seconds, is it worth it ? Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/