linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/21] fs: Protect inode->i_state with the inode->i

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Date:	Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:40:46 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/21] fs: Protect inode->i_state with the inode->i_lock

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 07:40:33AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:37:05AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > One more note: IMO sb list lock is better off inside the hash one; when we
> > do per-chain hash locks, we'll be better off if we don't have to hold sb
> > one over the entire chain search.
> 
> Why would you nest these two at all?

[already said off-list, but since the question had been here...]

Insertion in hash and into sb list.  We *probably* don't care about
atomicity of that pair, but in this case we are dealing with two
topmost locks of hierarchy that might become independent.  That really
can be done as a followup.
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