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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:02:27 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> To: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/17] fs: icache protect inode state On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:18:40PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: > From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> > > Before removing the inode_lock, we need to protect the inode list > operations with the inode->i_lock. This ensures that all inode state > changes are serialised regardless of the fact that the lists they > are moving around might be protected by different locks. Hence we > can safely protect an inode in transit from one list to another > without needing to hold all the list locks at the same time. The subject does not seem to match the patch description and content. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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