Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] switch rangeset's lock to rwlock

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 18.09.14 at 12:43, <tim@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 13:55 +0100 on 12 Sep (1410526507), Jan Beulich wrote:
>> As a general library routine, it should behave as efficiently as
>> possible, even if at present no significant contention is known here.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> With the widened use of rangesets I'd like to re-suggest this change
>> which I had posted already a couple of years back.
> 
> Is this addressing an actual (measured) problem or just seems like a
> good idea?  If the latter maybe keep it until after 4.5?

The latter. And yes, I have no problem keeping it until after 4.5,
it's just that the multi-ioreq-server's extended use of rangesets
(as said elsewhere) would seem to make this a reasonable fit for
4.5.

Jan


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