On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 11:32:28AM +0100, J. Hannken-Illjes wrote: > >>> This seems to largely add code to file systems to mess with locking > >>> further, rather than reducing that code. > >> > >> What do you mean with "mess" here? > >> > >>> Can you explain how this > >>> change helps to clean up those dirty hacks? > >> > >> This is the first of hopefully two steps. Once lookup returns its > >> result unlocked the hacks can go as all operations adding or looking > >> up layer nodes work on unlocked vnodes. > >> > >>> Are you planning to make > >>> lookup return the node unlocked too or something first? > >> > >> Sure, changing the lookup operation to do the same is be the next step. > > > > also, maybe it would be better to tackle lookup first? > > Why should the order matter?
Less mess of the kind Taylor was objecting to. Maybe. (Or maybe not, too.) -- David A. Holland [email protected]
