From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:49:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 26/29] clear_packed_ref_cache(): don't protest if the lock is held
Message-ID: <20170623194942.brzsuesttj4jqy2j@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <585946fc1191c540768206cdf59c0c6101583691.1498200513.git.mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 09:01:44AM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote:

> The existing callers already check that the lock isn't held just
> before calling `clear_packed_ref_cache()`, and in the near future we
> want to be able to call this function when the lock is held.

OK. It's not immediately obvious that this is true, because some of the
relationships are a bit buried, but I double-checked and I think it is
the case.

-Peff