linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] xfs: Make XFS use the new file system init infrastructure

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Message-ID: <20080531071536.GA5405@ucw.cz>
Date:	Sat, 31 May 2008 09:15:37 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Tom Spink <tspink@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] xfs: Make XFS use the new file system init infrastructure

On Sun 2008-05-25 18:48:19, Tom Spink wrote:
> This patch makes XFS use the file system type specific init and exit
> callbacks, so that XFS only initialises when it's used for the first
> time.
> 
> This is useful for when XFS is compiled into the kernel, but never
> actually used as it stops XFS from creating global threads, until
> they are needed.

Yes please. Removing gazillion kernel threads when xfs is unused is
nice.

You should probably have cced fsdevel and xfs lists?

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