Re: [PATCH 02/11] xfs: remove the unlock argument to xfs_buf_delwri_queue

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On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 02:22:04PM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 04:28 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > We can just unlock the buffer in the caller, and the decrement of b_hold
> > would also be needed in the !unlock, we just never hit that case currently
> > given that the caller handles that case.
> 
> More specifically, the only way we'd hit that case would
> involve an unqueued buffer (in xfs_buf_unlock()) getting
> queued before bt_delwrite_lock could be acquired (in
> xfs_buf_delwri_queue()).  But that can't happen because
> the buffer is locked the entire time between the check
> in xfs_buf_unlock() and the one in xfs_buf_delwri_queue().
> (Right?)

Exactly.

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