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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/18] fs: Convert nr_inodes and nr_unused to per-cpu counters
    On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:21:16PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
    > From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
    >
    > The number of inodes allocated does not need to be tied to the
    > addition or removal of an inode to/from a list. If we are not tied
    > to a list lock, we could update the counters when inodes are
    > initialised or destroyed, but to do that we need to convert the
    > counters to be per-cpu (i.e. independent of a lock). This means that
    > we have the freedom to change the list/locking implementation
    > without needing to care about the counters.
    >
    > Based on a patch originally from Eric Dumazet.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>

    Looks good except for a spurious whitespace change in inode_init_early.


    Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>



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