Re: [PATCH 1/4] xfs: do not update xa_last_pushed_lsn for locked items

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On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 02:32:58PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> If an item was locked we should not update xa_last_pushed_lsn and thus skip
> it when restarting the AIL scan as we need to be able to lock and write it
> out as soon as possible.  Otherwise heavy lock contention might starve AIL
> pushing too easily, especially given the larger backoff once we moved
> xa_last_pushed_lsn all the way to the target lsn.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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