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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:22:20 +0100 From: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> To: Avi Kivity <avi@...o.co.il> Cc: Josef Sipek <jsipek@....cs.sunysb.edu>, lkml@...garu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: rename() contention (BUG?) On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:43:34PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > The changes make the mutex more efficient, but won't decrease the > contention. It seems that all renames in one filesystem are serialized, > and if the renames require I/O (which is certainly the case with nfs), > rename throughput is severely limited. They are, and for a good reason. For details see Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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