Re: [PATCH 3/8] rhashtable: use cmpxchg() to protect ->future_tbl.

On Sat, May 05 2018, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 01:54:14PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: >> Rather than borrowing one of the bucket locks to >> protect ->future_tbl updates, use cmpxchg(). >> This gives more freedom to change how bucket locking >> is implemented. >> >> Signed-off-by: N

Re: [PATCH 3/8] rhashtable: use cmpxchg() to protect ->future_tbl.

On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 01:54:14PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > Rather than borrowing one of the bucket locks to > protect ->future_tbl updates, use cmpxchg(). > This gives more freedom to change how bucket locking > is implemented. > > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown This looks nice. > - spin_unlock

[PATCH 3/8] rhashtable: use cmpxchg() to protect ->future_tbl.

Rather than borrowing one of the bucket locks to protect ->future_tbl updates, use cmpxchg(). This gives more freedom to change how bucket locking is implemented. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown --- lib/rhashtable.c | 17 ++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git