[Devel] Re: [PATCH] [NFS]: Lock daemon start/stop rework.

[Denis V. Lunev]

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 02:41:34PM +0300, Denis V. Lunev wrote:
>> The pid of the locking daemon can be substituted with a task struct
>> without a problem. Namely, the value if filled in the context of the lockd
>> thread and used in lockd_up/lockd_down.
>>
>> It is possible to save task struct instead and use it to kill the process.
>> The safety of this operation is guaranteed by the RCU, i.e. task can't
>> disappear without passing a quiscent state.
> 
> We have a patch series pending on the nfs list that does this plus a lot
> more in the area.
> 
> 
where can I have to look them? :)