linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] revoke: add f

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Message-ID: <84144f020703090352s3ecd8ab4pdde6f24f6cf7cc47@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:52:00 +0200
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Eric Dumazet" <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@...radead.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, serue@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] revoke: add f_light flag for struct file

On 3/9/07, Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:
> Then just drop the fget_light() 'optimisation' and always take a reference
> (atomic on f_count) regardless of single-thread or not. Instead of dirtying
> f_light, just do the straightforward thing and be with it.

That's what I did first but akpm thought it was "unfortunate." Hmm.. ;-)
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