[Cluster-devel] [GFS2 PATCH] GFS2: Allow caching of glocks for flock

2014-06-26 Thread Bob Peterson
Hi, This patch removes the GLF_NOCACHE flag from the glocks associated with flocks. There should be no good reason not to cache glocks for flocks: they only force the glock to be demoted before they can be reacquired, which can slow down performance and even cause glock hangs, especially in cases

[Cluster-devel] [GFS2 PATCH] GFS2: Allow caching of glocks for flock

2014-06-26 Thread Bob Peterson
Hi, This patch removes the GLF_NOCACHE flag from the glocks associated with flocks. There should be no good reason not to cache glocks for flocks: they only force the glock to be demoted before they can be reacquired, which can slow down performance and even cause glock hangs, especially in cases