Re: [PATCH 3/3] fs: rcu protect inode hash lookups

[Eric Dumazet]

Le mardi 02 novembre 2010 Ã 00:44 +1100, Dave Chinner a Ãcrit :

> Perhaps you should rename that file "slab_destroy_by_rcu-tips.txt",
> because the current name seems unrelated to the contents. :/
> 

Hmm, I dont know, this doc really is about the nulls thing.

This stuff also addressed one problem I forgot to tell you about: During
a lookup, you might find an item that is moved to another chain by
another cpu, so your lookup is redirected to another chain. You can miss
your target.

You must find a way to detect such thing to restart the lookup at the
beginning (of the right chain).

Either you stick the chain number in a new inode field (that costs extra
memory), or you use the 'nulls' value that can let you know if you ended
your lookup in the right chain.



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