On Wed, Dec 21 2016, Jeff Layton wrote:
> @@ -2072,7 +2093,12 @@ inode_cmp_iversion(const struct inode *inode, const
> u64 old)
> static inline bool
> inode_iversion_need_inc(struct inode *inode)
> {
> - return true;
> + bool ret;
> +
> + spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
> + ret = inode->i_state & I_VERS_BUMP;
> + spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
> + return ret;
> }
> I know this code gets removed, so this isn't really important. By why do you take the spinlock here? What are you racing again? Thanks, NeilBrown
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