J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]> wrote:
> > + if (!afs_lock_manager) {
> > + afs_lock_manager = create_singlethread_workqueue("kafs_lockd");
> > + if (!afs_lock_manager)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + }
> > + return 0;
>
> Doesn't this need some locking?
Oops. Yes. It used to be inside the lock_kernel() section, but has since
escaped.
> Do you allow upgrades and downgrades? (Just curious.)
AFS does not, as far as I know. Upgrades are dangerous anyway as you can get
deadlock quite easily.
> > + /* if we've already got a readlock on the server and no waiting
> > + * writelocks, then we might be able to instantly grant another
>
> Is that comment correct? (You don't really test for "waiting
> writelocks", do you?)
Locally, yes. 'if (list_empty(&vnode->pending_locks))' covers it quite
handily. I can't do anything about checking the server.
David
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