On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 3:58 AM, Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Explicit locking in the fallback case provides a safe state of the > table. Getting rid of blocking semantics makes __fd_install usable > again in non-sleepable contexts, which easies backporting efforts. > > There is a side effect of slightly nicer assembly for the common case > as might_sleep can now be removed. > > Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/filesystems/porting | 4 ---- > fs/file.c | 11 +++++++---- > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) Nice change ! Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
