Re: [patch 37/52] fs: icache lazy lru

[Nick Piggin]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:52:58AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> npiggin@xxxxxxx writes:
> 
> > Impelemnt lazy inode lru similarly to dcache. This will reduce lock
> > acquisition and will help to improve lock ordering subsequently.
> 
> Or just drop inode LRU completely and only rely on the dcache for that?

Possible, yes. There was some talking about it. I prefer not to do
anything too controversial yet if possible :)

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