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authorFilipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>2014-08-04 20:37:21 +0200
committerChris Mason <clm@fb.com>2014-09-17 22:38:02 +0200
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parentbtrfs: sysfs label interface should check for read only FS (diff)
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Btrfs: make btrfs_search_forward return with nodes unlocked
None of the uses of btrfs_search_forward() need to have the path nodes (level >= 1) read locked, only the leaf needs to be locked while the caller processes it. Therefore make it return a path with all nodes unlocked, except for the leaf. This change is motivated by the observation that during a file fsync we repeatdly call btrfs_search_forward() and process the returned leaf while upper nodes of the returned path (level >= 1) are read locked, which unnecessarily blocks other tasks that want to write to the same fs/subvol btree. Therefore instead of modifying the fsync code to unlock all nodes with level >= 1 immediately after calling btrfs_search_forward(), change btrfs_search_forward() to do it, so that it benefits all callers. Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
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