linux-kernel - Re: [patch 08/33] fs: dcache scale nr

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Message-ID: <20090907073638.GE1875@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:36:38 +0200
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 08/33] fs: dcache scale nr_dentry

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 07:41:02AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 16:51 +1000, npiggin@...e.de wrote:
> > plain text document attachment (fs-dcache-scale-nr_dentry.patch)
> > Make dentry_stat_t.nr_dentry an atomic_t type, and move it from under
> > dcache_lock.
> > ---
> >  fs/dcache.c            |   20 +++++++++-----------
> >  include/linux/dcache.h |    4 ++--
> >  kernel/sysctl.c        |    6 ++++++
> >  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> No sign off on this one..

Ah, yeah... They're not really signoffable quality. Even a bit too
raw (not enough comments) for detailed review. I just want to get
the high level design out there again for comments because it is a
really big time investment to go further...

Just want to see if I make anyone upset or there are some bright
ideas of how to improve things :)

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