linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFC] Remove fasync() BKL usage, take 3325

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Message-ID: <20090128175541.GA7074@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:55:41 -0500
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] Remove fasync() BKL usage, take 3325

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:44:14AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> If others disagree, and using bitops is not an idea which will fly, I'd
> sure like to know sooner rather than later.

There are more than enough use cases that have large numbers of open
files (e.g. various high-end network servers).  While it might not be
as sewer as for inodes I think it's really bad idea to do it for no
reason. 

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