linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/18] fs: Introduce per-bucket inode hash locks

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Date:	Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:49:15 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/18] fs: Introduce per-bucket inode hash locks

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:21:25PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> -			if (hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))
> +			if (hlist_bl_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))

That, OTOH, begs for (inlined) helper with more readable name.

>  	HFS_I(inode)->rsrc_inode = dir;
>  	HFS_I(dir)->rsrc_inode = inode;
>  	igrab(dir);
> -	hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, &HFS_SB(dir->i_sb)->rsrc_inodes);
> +	hlist_bl_add_head(&inode->i_hash, &HFS_SB(dir->i_sb)->rsrc_inodes);
>  	mark_inode_dirty(inode);

Lovely.  What protects that list?  Same question for hfsplus...
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