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[ Upstream commit 18e4cf915543257eae2925671934937163f5639b ] Previously a thread could exit asynchronously (due to a signal) so some care was needed to hold nfsd_mutex over the last svc_put() call. Now a thread can only exit when svc_set_num_threads() is called, and this is always called under nfsd_mutex. So no care is needed. Not only is the mutex held when a thread exits now, but the svc refcount is elevated, so the svc_put() in svc_exit_thread() will never be a final put, so the mutex isn't even needed at this point in the code. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.