Re: [patch V2 6/7] fs/jbd2: Make state lock a spinlock

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 01-08-19 03:01:32, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > As almost all functions which use this lock have a journal head pointer
> > readily available, it makes more sense to remove the lock helper inlines
> > and write out spin_*lock() at all call sites.
> > 
> 
> Just a heads up that I didn't miss this patch. Just it has some bugs and I
> figured that rather than explaining to you subtleties of jh lifetime it is
> easier to fix up the problems myself since you're probably not keen on
> becoming jbd2 developer ;)... which was more complex than I thought so I'm
> not completely done yet. Hopefuly tomorrow.

I'm curious where I was too naive :)

Thanks for having a look!

       tglx