Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755462AbZDNKAr (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:00:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755362AbZDNKAe (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:00:34 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:43620 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755028AbZDNKAc (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:00:32 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:00:13 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: LKML , Alessio Igor Bogani , Jeff Mahoney , ReiserFS Development List , Alexander Beregalov , Chris Mason Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] kill-the-BKL/reiserfs: reiserfs fixes Message-ID: <20090414100013.GE3558@elte.hu> References: <1239680065-25013-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1239680065-25013-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1267 Lines: 36 * Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > Ingo, > > This small patchset fixes some deadlocks I've faced after trying > some pressures with dbench on a reiserfs partition. > > There is still some work pending such as adding some checks to > ensure we _always_ release the lock before sleeping, as you > suggested. Also I have to fix a lockdep warning reported by > Alessio Igor Bogani. And also some optimizations.... > > Thanks, > Frederic. > > Frederic Weisbecker (3): > kill-the-BKL/reiserfs: provide a tool to lock only once the write lock > kill-the-BKL/reiserfs: lock only once in reiserfs_truncate_file > kill-the-BKL/reiserfs: only acquire the write lock once in > reiserfs_dirty_inode > > fs/reiserfs/inode.c | 10 +++++++--- > fs/reiserfs/lock.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > fs/reiserfs/super.c | 15 +++++++++------ > include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h | 2 ++ > 4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) Applied, thanks Frederic! Ingo -- 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/