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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] vfs: grab the lock instead of blocking in __fd_install during resizing
On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 3:58 AM, Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@redhat.com> wrote:
> Explicit locking in the fallback case provides a safe state of the
> table. Getting rid of blocking semantics makes __fd_install usable
> again in non-sleepable contexts, which easies backporting efforts.
>
> There is a side effect of slightly nicer assembly for the common case
> as might_sleep can now be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@redhat.com>
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/porting | 4 ----
> fs/file.c | 11 +++++++----
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Nice change !

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

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