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SubjectRe: [PATCH 14/20] mm: Remove i_mmap_lock lockbreak
On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:13:12 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> wrote:

> Hugh says:
> "The only significant loser, I think, would be page reclaim (when
> concurrent with truncation): could spin for a long time waiting for
> the i_mmap_mutex it expects would soon be dropped? "
>
> Counter points:
> - cpu contention makes the spin stop (need_resched())
> - zap pages should be freeing pages at a higher rate than reclaim
> ever can
>
> I think the simplification of the truncate code is definately worth it.

Well, we don't need to guess. These things are testable!


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