Messages in this thread | | | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Date | Tue, 1 Jun 2021 15:11:47 +0200 | Subject | Re: [REPOST PATCH v4 3/5] kernfs: switch kernfs to use an rwsem |
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On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 08:34, Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> wrote: > > The kernfs global lock restricts the ability to perform kernfs node > lookup operations in parallel during path walks. > > Change the kernfs mutex to an rwsem so that, when opportunity arises, > node searches can be done in parallel with path walk lookups.
I don't see how this could have any drawbacks.
Reviewed-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
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