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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] proc: faster /proc/$PID lookup
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 12:45:57AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Currently lookup for /proc/$PID first goes through spinlock and
> whole list of misc /proc entries only to confirm that, yes,
> /proc/42 can not possibly match random proc entry.
>
> List is is several dozens entries long (52 entries on my setup).
>
> None of this is necessary.
>
> Try to convert dentry name to integer first.
> If it works, it must be /proc/$PID.
> If it doesn't, it must be random proc entry.

Recycled from Al Viro's patch as well!


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