Re: [PATCH 4/4] xfs: fix the logspace waiting algorithm

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 01:28:33PM -0600, Chandra Seetharaman wrote:
> Tested the patch with testcases 234 and 273. They ran for more than 350
> iterations without getting into the hang situation.
> 
> Tested-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Few generic comments on the patch
> 
> 1. xlog_*_wake could use something to indicate that they are looking for
> log space in the specific queue. ex: xlog_reserveq_available()
> 
> 2. All new functions expect a lock to be held on entry. Can be
> explicitly specified in a comment.
> 
> 3. Change the trace function names to reflect the names of the
> function ?!

All this is going to change with the refactoring of these to use a
common data structure which I have in my queue for 3.3.