On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:10:24AM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/20/2018 12:33 AM, David Sterba wrote:
> > Currently fs_info::balance_running is 0 or 1 and does not use the
> > semantics of atomics. The pause and cancel check for 0, that can happen
> > only after __btrfs_balance exits for whatever reason.
> > 
> > Parallel calls to balance ioctl may enter btrfs_ioctl_balance multiple
> > times but will block on the balance_mutex that protects the
> > fs_info::flags bit.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dste...@suse.com>
> 
>   Though it appears to me that we could optimize the lock and atomic bit
>   usage a little more, however it can be taken for the next round of
>   cleanups. So for now..
> 
>   Reviewed-by: Anand Jain <anand.j...@oracle.com>

Thanks, patches updated.
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