linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/13] dcache: convert dentry_stat.nr

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Date:	Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:12:23 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, khlebnikov@...nvz.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/13] dcache: convert dentry_stat.nr_unused to per-cpu
 counters

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011, Dave Chinner wrote:

> Before we split up the dcache_lru_lock, the unused dentry counter
> needs to be made independent of the global dcache_lru_lock. Convert
> it to per-cpu counters to do this.

I hope there is nothing depending on the counter being accurate.

Otherwise

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
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