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SubjectRe: [PATCH] reiserfs: don't use congestion_wait()
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2021, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Wed 17-11-21 15:34:42, NeilBrown wrote:
> >
> > Block devices do not, in general, report congestion any more, so this
> > congestion_wait() is effectively just a sleep.
> >
> > It isn't entirely clear what is being waited for, but as we only wait
> > when j_async_throttle is elevated, it seems reasonable to stop waiting
> > when j_async_throttle becomes zero - or after the same timeout.
> >
> > So change to use wait_event_event_timeout() for waiting, and
> > wake_up_var() to signal an end to waiting.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
> > ---
> >
> > I have no idea who might take this.... Jens and Jan have both landed
> > reiserfs patches recently...
>
> Yeah, I guess I can take this one. Honestly the whole code around
> j_async_throttle looks a bit suspicious but your patch does not make it
> worse so it looks safe to me :).

Hi,
I don't see this in linux-next. Should I ??

Thanks,
NeilBrown

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