Re: [PATCH 8/8] xfs: use AIL bulk delete function to implement single delete

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> -/*
>   * Bulk update version of xfs_trans_ail_delete
>   *
>   * This version takes an array of log items that all need to removed from the
>   * AIL. The caller is already holding the AIL lock, and done all the checks

Not overly useful now that the non-bulk version is gone.

>   * necessary to ensure the items passed in via @lgia are ready for deletion.
> + * If an item we delete in the AIL is the minimum one, update the tail lsn in
> + * the log manager.
>   *
>   * This function will not drop the AIL lock until all items are removed from
>   * the AIL to minimise the amount of lock traffic on the AIL. This does not
>   * greatly increase the AIL hold time, but does significantly reduce the amount
>   * of traffic on the lock, especially during IO completion.
> + *
> + * This function must be called with the AIL lock held.  The lock is dropped
> + * before returning.

These should be in the patch introducing xfs_trans_ail_delete_bulk.

Otherwise looks good.

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