On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 04:52:14PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Kostik Belousov wrote: > >I have developed patch to make ufs quota code working without > >Giant, i.e. properly lock dquot and all around. > > > >You can find the patch and description of the changes at > >http://kostikbel.narod.ru. Please, review. > > > > Is it possible to effectively test this on a UP kernel? I don't have any > SMP capable machines available. I think it shall be tested both on UP and SMP machines. So, yes, UP testing (presumably, with PREEMPTION) is useful. Please, wait a short time for new patch. Current patch has two issues: 1. recent BO_NEEDSGIANT changes prevent patch from applying. I need to do a merge. 2. I have fixed deadlock that appears when shapshot is taken on quota-enabled fs (this deadlock is specific to my patch). Supposely, this is problem reported by Kris Kennaway.
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