Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:32:17 +0800 | From | Fengguang Wu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] writeback: Do not sort b_io list only because of block device inode |
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On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 06:06:02PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > On Mon 24-06-13 10:07:49, Jan Kara wrote: > > It is very likely that block device inode will be part of BDI dirty list > > as well. However it doesn't make sence to sort inodes on the b_io list > > just because of this inode (as it contains buffers all over the device > > anyway). So save some CPU cycles which is valuable since we hold relatively > > contented wb->list_lock. > Ping? Fengguang, can you merge the patch please?
OK! It's a good optimization to have.
Thanks, Fengguang
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