linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/8] remove i_alloc

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:54:25 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp,
	mfasheh@...e.com, jlbec@...lplan.org, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] remove i_alloc_sem

On Mon 20-06-11 16:15:33, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> i_alloc_sem has always been a bit of an odd "lock".  It's the only remaining
> rw_semaphore that can be released by a different thread than the one that
> locked it, and it's use case in the core direct I/O code is more like a
> counter given that the writers already have external serialization.
> 
> This series removes it in favour of a simpler counter scheme, thus getting
> rid of the rw_semaphore non-owner APIs as requests by Thomas, while at the
> same time shrinking the size of struct inode by 160 bytes on 64-bit systems.
> 
> The only nasty bit is that two filesystems (fat and ext4) have started
> abusing the lock for their own purposes.  I've added a new rw_semaphore
  ext4 abuse should be gone when Ted merges my rewrite of
ext4_page_mkwrite()... Ted, what happened to that patch. Should I resend
it?

								Honza

-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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