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There are two ifs that use eb::blocking_writers. As this is a variable modified inside and outside of locks, we could minimize number of accesses to avoid problems with getting different results at different times. The access here is locked so this can only race with btrfs_tree_unlock that sets blocking_writers to 0 without lock and unsets the lock owner. The first branch is taken only if the same thread already holds the lock, the second if checks for blocking writers. Here we'd either unlock and wait, or proceed. Both are valid states of the locking protocol. Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.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.