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log->l_flags doesn't actually contain "flags" as such, it contains operational state information that can change at runtime. For the shutdown state, this at least should be an atomic bit because it is read without holding locks in many places and so using atomic bitops for the state field modifications makes sense. This allows us to use things like test_and_set_bit() on state changes (e.g. setting XLOG_TAIL_WARN) to avoid races in setting the state when we aren't holding locks. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
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.