Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and prune_icache | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:47:46 +0200 |
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Le mercredi 27 octobre 2010 à 05:40 +0100, Al Viro a écrit : > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 03:23:04PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > > From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> > > > > Now that inode state changes are protected by the inode->i_lock and > > the inode LRU manipulations by the inode_lru_lock, we can remove the > > inode_lock from prune_icache and the initial part of iput_final(). > > > > instead of using the inode_lock to protect the inode during > > iput_final, use the inode->i_lock instead. This protects the inode > > against new references being taken while we change the inode state > > to I_FREEING, as well as preventing prune_icache from grabbing the > > inode while we are manipulating it. Hence we no longer need the > > i???ode_lock in iput_final prior to setting I_FREEING on the inode. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ... the hell? There's more such damage elsewhere in the thread; what's > going on? > --
Maybe its on your side, no problem here on my copy.
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