Re: [PATCH 02/17] fs: icache lock s_inodes list

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Sat Oct 16 2010 - 12:12:38 EST


On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 06:54:11PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Because in the first part of the inode lock series, it is breaking
> locks in obvious small steps as possible, by adding global locks
> protecting bits of what inode_lock used to.

As seen by Dave's respin making it per-sb was just as easy as making
it global. And it really is the logical synchronization domain.

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