[PATCH 0/7 v2] jbd2: Bit spinlock conversions

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Hello,

This series is derived from Thomas' series to get rid of bit spinlocks in
buffer head code. These patches convert BH_State bit spinlock to an ordinary
spinlock inside struct journal_head and somewhat reduce the critical section
under BH_JournalHead bit spinlock so that it is fine for RT. 

Motivation from original Thomas' series:

Bit spinlocks are problematic if PREEMPT_RT is enabled. They disable
preemption, which is undesired for latency reasons and breaks when regular
spinlocks are taken within the bit_spinlock locked region because regular
spinlocks are converted to 'sleeping spinlocks' on RT.

Bit spinlocks are also not covered by lock debugging, e.g. lockdep. With
the spinlock substitution in place, they can be exposed via a new config
switch: CONFIG_DEBUG_BIT_SPINLOCKS.

Ted, can you pick up these patches? Thanks!

Changes since v1:
* Fixed up compilation breakage on UP due to missing linux/spinlock.h include

								Honza



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