Re: [PATCH 03/18] fs: Implement lazy LRU updates for inodes.

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Oct 13 2010 - 09:32:18 EST


> */
> redirty_tail(inode);
> - } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
> - /*
> - * The inode is clean, inuse
> - */
> - list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
> } else {
> - /*
> - * The inode is clean, unused
> - */
> - list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
> + /* The inode is clean */
> + list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
> + inode_lru_list_add(inode);

Just noticed this when reviewing a later patch: why do we lose the
i_count check here? There's no point in adding an inode that is still
in use onto the LRU - we'll just remove it again once we find it
during LRU scanning.

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