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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/7] writeback: use RCU to protect bdi_list
    On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:36:31 +0200
    Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote:

    > Now that bdi_writeback_all() no longer handles integrity writeback,
    > it doesn't have to block anymore. This means that we can switch
    > bdi_list reader side protection to RCU.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
    > ---
    > fs/fs-writeback.c | 4 +-
    > include/linux/backing-dev.h | 1 +
    > mm/backing-dev.c | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
    > mm/page-writeback.c | 8 ++--
    > 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
    >
    > diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
    > index 5d4bd1c..d7592c7 100644
    > --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
    > +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
    > @@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static void bdi_writeback_all(struct writeback_control *wbc)
    >
    > WARN_ON(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL);
    >
    > - spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
    > + rcu_read_lock();
    >
    > list_for_each_entry(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {

    list_for_each_entry_rcu?

    --
    Kind regards,
    Minchan Kim


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