On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 14:07:47 +0000
Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > + mutex_lock(&nlmsvc_mutex);
> > + while (atomic_read(&nlmsvc_ref) != 0) {
>
> might be better to do the refcounting outside the thread and use the
> kthread api, which is something we still need to do for lockd anyway.
>
Currently sending a SIGKILL to lockd tells it to drop all of its locks
without exiting. If we change lockd to use kthreads, will we have to
change that to use a different mechanism?
--
Jeff Layton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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