Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Sep 1998 08:31:12 -0700 | From | Bill Hawes <> | Subject | Re: Question about ext2 |
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Jan Kara wrote:
> Hello. > > When I was reading ext2 code I found out that ext2 calls ext2_discard_prealloc() > on each ext2_put_inode (that means on each iput). Wouldn't it be better > to call it only when inode -> i_count == 1 (that means on last iput)?
In practice it shouldn't really matter -- lookups are done at the dentry level so that most inodes go through life with a use count of just 1.
Regards, Bill
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