Mikulas Patocka [mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx] wrote: > This patch introduces a new lock, _name_read_lock, that is placed around > regions that modify pointer to the hash with dm_set_mdptr or that modify > hc->name or hc->uuid. When this lock is taken, the caller can safely read > the name and uuid. > > This lock has much smaller span than _hash_lock and thus lock recursion > can't happen. This lock actually guarantees that hash cell, name (and uuid) don't disappear when someone holds this lock. How about naming it to something like _hashcell_name_uuid_lock()??? Thanks, Malahal. -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
