linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/18] fs: inode split IO and LRU lists

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Message-ID: <20101013113122.GA19456@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:31:22 -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 04/18] fs: inode split IO and LRU lists

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:15:47AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
> 
> The use of the same inode list structure (inode->i_list) for two
> different list constructs with different lifecycles and purposes
> makes it impossible to separate the locking of the different
> operations. Therefore, to enable the separation of the locking of
> the writeback and reclaim lists, split the inode->i_list into two
> separate lists dedicated to their specific tracking functions.

looks good,


Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

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