Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:46:22 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] shrink_dcache_parent() deadlock |
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > Here's a TOTALLY UNTESTED rebase of just that single patch from Dave.
Well, it boots, and the dentry cache shrinks under memory pressure. So it's not _totally_ untested now.
But I don't really see why it would fix Miklos' case. I think select_parent() may still end up touching the d_lru list of something that is on the 'dispose' list. So the patch looks like a nice cleanup, but it seems to be independent of the issue Miklos found.
What am I missing now?
Linus
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