linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: drop one lock trip in evict()

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Message-ID: <20240827-panzerglas-wohngebiet-85bb20c2729d@brauner>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 09:59:11 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, 
	jlayton@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: drop one lock trip in evict()

On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:27:46PM GMT, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Tue 13-08-24 16:36:26, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> > Most commonly neither I_LRU_ISOLATING nor I_SYNC are set, but the stock
> > kernel takes a back-to-back relock trip to check for them.
> > 
> > It probably can be avoided altogether, but for now massage things back
> > to just one lock acquire.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
> 
> Back from vacation so not sure if this is still actual but the patch looks
> good to me. Feel free to add:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

It's all still in vfs.misc so we can still add RvBs.
So go ahead and ack whatever you want to ack. :)