linux-kernel - Re: [LKP] [lkp] [dcache_{readdir, dir_lseek}() users] 4e82901cd6: reaim.jobs_per

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFz0Aog4gEareAtVdwtCH5qRx4s8SBuKNjVYt+8+00gLbw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 26 Jun 2016 14:20:06 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>, LKP <lkp@...org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [LKP] [lkp] [dcache_{readdir, dir_lseek}() users] 4e82901cd6:
 reaim.jobs_per_min -49.1% regression

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> FWIW, #work.dcache_readdir in vfs.git seems to recover the performance.
> Not sure if it's worth pushing right now, but if it ends up the next
> cycle stuff, I think it'll be worth Cc:stable.

Hmm. I guess that if you're confident enough about it, we might as
well merge it now and avoid the backport and stable headache.

              Linus