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SubjectRe: [External] Re: [PATCH] files: Use rcu lock to get the file structures for better performance
On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 11:21 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 08:38:35PM +0800, Muchun Song wrote:
> > There is another safe way to get the file structure without
> > holding the files->file_lock. That is rcu lock, and this way
> > has better performance. So use the rcu lock instead of the
> > files->file_lock.
>
> What makes you think this is safe? Are you actually seeing contention
> on this spinlock?
>

I have read the doc which is in the Documentation/filesystems/files.txt.
If my understanding is correct, I think it is safe to use rcu lock.

Thanks.

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Yours,
Muchun

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