linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: fix lock initialization

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jul 2011 15:12:39 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: fix lock initialization

On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:40:44AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Ugh. Code that depends on SLAB initializers is broken.
> 
> The reason for those initializers are traditionally "better cache
> behavior" where you don't need to initialize everything at allocation
> time, but the whole concept is almost invariably a disaster. This is a
> prime example of it.

It'd be good to have that documented somewhere.  When I wrote this code
(a decade ago), that wasn't my understanding.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
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