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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:55:32 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] bdi: Fix another oops in wb_workfn()
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 7:46 AM Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> On Wed 13-06-18 19:43:47, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > Can't we utilize RCU grace period (like shown below) ?
>
> Honestly, the variant 1 looks too ugly to me. However variant 2 looks
> mostly OK.

The versions that don't have that conditional locking look fine to me, yes.

> Also I'd avoid the addition argument to wb_writeback() and split the function instead. The
> patch resulting from your and mine ideas is attached. Thoughts?

Is there a reason for this model:

+               if (cgwb_start_shutdown(wb))
+                       __wb_shutdown(wb);

when there is just one call site of this? Why not just make the
function void, and make it do that __wb_shutdown() itself in the true
case?

IOW, just make it be

+               cgwb_shutdown(wb);

instead?

That's what "wb_shutdown()" does - it does the "wb_start_shutdown()"
test internally, and does __wb_shutdown() all inside itself, instead
of expecting the caller to do it.

I dunno.

              Linus

              Linus