Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:28:29 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The state of Giant lock in the file systems? Message-ID: <AANLkTi=KtGJjhEzRnQN78koFQqvtFC1c%2BqVfunUdae%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101108151028.GI2392@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <ib8qda$nat$1@dough.gmane.org> <201011081004.59640.jhb@freebsd.org> <20101108151028.GI2392@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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On 8 November 2010 16:10, Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote: > I already claimed several times that I will remove VFS_LOCK_GIANT > after smbfs is locked. Patch for removal is sitting in my repository > for almost a year. Ok, I've made a little table here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/MPSAFE_VFS Just to get my understanding clear on this: in the case of VFS, Giant protects / prevents concurrent execution of all vfsops or something more / something other than that?
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