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SubjectRe: [PATCH] alpha -- quota locking -- rfh


On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Craig Christophel wrote:

> Ok,
>
> I have changed the quota locking schematics. dquot_lock is now used to
> protect all of the non-blocking operations. lock_kernel is reduced to
> inode->i_blocks coverage. Be warned this patch is very alpha, but any extra
> eyes on the source are very welcome.

Sigh... I guess I'm to blame here - I should've warned you when you had sent
the first mail. My apologies. Situation with quota:

* variant in the tree is obsolete and needs resync with Jan (quota
maintainer)
* threading old (== in-tree) quota is counterproductive - it will need
to be done from scratch after merge _and_ it will only make merge harder.
* said merge ( basically, split of delta into edible pieces and
feeding them to Linus) won't be trivial - patch is large.
* if you are willing to do that - great, coordinate this stuff with
Jan and go ahead. I'd be glad to help if there are any troubles.

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