Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:58:23 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] blktrace: Fix potentail deadlock between delete & sysfs ops |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:41:35 -0700 Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> Call it blk_trace mutex and move it right next to the blk_trace > structure: > > ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE > struct blk_trace *blk_trace; > struct mutex blk_trace_mutex; > #endif > > which makes it completely obvious to any read what you are protecting > with it.
As a 1000ft away bystander, this appears to be the most logical solution.
-- Steve
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