Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:18:58 +0100 (CET) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: [patch] real fix [Re: [patch] fixed 2.2.1 inode-leakage due bogus design of the free_inodes algorithm |
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Steve Dodd wrote:
>Hi, > >On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 12:46:43AM +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > >> free_inode_memory() is ok to not be recalled from try_to_free_pages() >> because it can't generate more free memory but only more clean inode to >> reuse in the filesystem so only the fs must call it when get_new_inode() >> or something similar fails. > >Except in NTFS (I think), where clea{r,n}ing an inode frees up some memory >allocated specifically by the file system.
Again: free_inode_memory() don't generate free memory: it _only_ move inodes from one list to another list.
Could you show me the code you think is freeing memory?
Andrea Arcangeli
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