Re: Patch for inode SLIST conversion

[Michael Neumann <mneumann@xxxxxxxx>]

Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> Michael Neumann wrote:
> > lwkt_token_stale(&lock, &token) would then simply check
> > for ilock->current_generation == token->generation, and
> > lwkt_gettoken() would increase the generation. Alternatively
> > a special lwkt_token_inc() could be used to increase the generation.
>
> Not only gettoken, but also the lwkt code that re-obtains tokens.  Doing
> a manual _inc() defeats the idea.
>
> > Don't know if the overhead is justified. Probably only if it's used
> > that often.
>
> Which overhead?  Incrementing an integer?

Space overhead. Don't know if that matters at all.

Regards,

  Michael