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Date:      Sun, 5 Oct 2003 04:12:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>
To:        Don Lewis <truckman@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_subr.c
Message-ID:  <20031005041049.L99666-100000@mail.chesapeake.net>
In-Reply-To: <200310050742.h957gIN1048517@gw.catspoiler.org>

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On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Don Lewis wrote:

> On  5 Oct, Jeff Roberson wrote:
> > jeff        2003/10/05 00:12:38 PDT
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/kern             vfs_subr.c
> >   Log:
> >    - Fix an XXX.  Check the error of vn_lock() in vflush().  Don't specify
> >      LK_RETRY either, we don't want this vnode if it turns into another.
> >    - Remove the code that checks the mount point after acquiring the lock
> >      we are guaranteed to either fail or get the vnode that we wanted.
> >
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.465     +2 -13     src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
>
> What keeps this from spinning if some other thread holds the lock on the
> first vnode on the list?
>

It should only fail if the vnode was vcleaned() out from under us, right?
If that's the case than the list has been modified by the time we relock
it and check.

Do you agree?

Thanks,
Jeff



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