Hello, This series removes a retry loop in the ioc reverse-order double lock dance, replacing it with an implementation that uses guaranteed forward progress. While at it, it also removes the nested spinlock usage, which no longer applies since CFQ is gone. John Ogness (2): block: remove unnecessary ioc nested locking block: remove retry loop in ioc_release_fn() block/blk-ioc.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) -- 2.20.1
