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SubjectRe: Why the RPC task structure adds a new field "tk_count"?
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On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 14:32 -0400, Xin Zhao wrote:
> I migrate from 2.6.11 to 2.6.16, but found that a new field tk_count
> was added to the rpc task structure. In function rpc_release_task(), I
> saw the following code:
>
> if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&task->tk_count))
> return;
>
>
> Looks like a task can be reused or refered multiple times? What's the
> theory behind this? Why do we need this?

It is used in several places in the NFSv4 code.

Cheers,
Trond

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