Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2001 03:27:13 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | [race][RFC] d_flags use |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Al writes: > > We _have_ VM pressure there. However, such loads had never been used, so > > there's no wonder that system gets unbalanced under them. > > > > I suspect that simple replacement of goto next; with continue; in the > > fs/dcache.c::prune_dcache() may make situation seriously better. > > Yes, it appears that this would be a bug. We were only _checking_ > "count" dentries, rather than pruning "count" dentries. > > Testing continues.
Uh-oh... After looking at prune_dcache for a minute... Folks, what protects ->d_flags? That may very well be the reason of some NFS and autofs problems.
If nobody objects I'll go for test_bit/set_bit/clear_bit here. Al
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