Re: [RFC PATCH 01/13] gfs2: Get rid of I_MUTEX_QUOTA usage

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On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 03:27:46PM +0100, Steven Whitehouse wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 16:59 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 04:55:11PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > > From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > GFS2 uses i_mutex on its system quota inode to synchronize writes to
> > > quota file. Since this is an internal inode to GFS2 (not part of directory
> > > hiearchy or visible by user) we are safe to define locking rules for it. So
> > > let's just get it its own locking class to make it clear.
> > 
> > By the way, Steve, is there any reason you haven't taken this through
> > the gfs2 tree?
> > 
> > --b.
> > 
> I don't remember now, but I've pushed it into my tree for the next merge
> window,

Thanks!

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