Hi, On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 05:24, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Well, I just spent several hours trying to use the b_update_lock in > implementing something to replace the bit spinlocks for RT. It's > getting really ugly and I just hit a stone wall. > > The problem is that I have two locks to work with. A > jbd_lock_bh_journal_head and a jbd_lock_bh_state. ... For now, yes. > So, the only other solutions that I can think of is: > > a) add yet another (bloat) lock to the buffer head. This one looks like the right answer for now, just to get the patch series running. I've got a WIP patch under development which removes the bh_journal_head lock entirely; if that works out, you may find things get a bit easier. --Stephen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
