linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/4] fs: cleanup files

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Message-ID: <20100604151057.GA11991@infradead.org>
Date:	Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:10:57 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@...gle.com>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] fs: cleanup files_lock

On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 12:20:52AM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Well it is already a special case, I just switched it to using a
> different lock for its private list. I wanted to keep surgery to
> a minimum.

You make it even more special.  Really, the right thing here is to
fix that hack for real.

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