Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751857AbZIGHgh (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:36:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751770AbZIGHgh (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:36:37 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:35212 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751740AbZIGHgg (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 03:36:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:36:38 +0200 From: Nick Piggin To: Daniel Walker Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 08/33] fs: dcache scale nr_dentry Message-ID: <20090907073638.GE1875@wotan.suse.de> References: <20090904065142.114706411@nick.local0.net> <20090904065535.121108656@nick.local0.net> <1252075262.22928.9.camel@desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1252075262.22928.9.camel@desktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1112 Lines: 27 On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 07:41:02AM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 16:51 +1000, npiggin@suse.de wrote: > > plain text document attachment (fs-dcache-scale-nr_dentry.patch) > > Make dentry_stat_t.nr_dentry an atomic_t type, and move it from under > > dcache_lock. > > --- > > fs/dcache.c | 20 +++++++++----------- > > include/linux/dcache.h | 4 ++-- > > kernel/sysctl.c | 6 ++++++ > > 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > > > No sign off on this one.. Ah, yeah... They're not really signoffable quality. Even a bit too raw (not enough comments) for detailed review. I just want to get the high level design out there again for comments because it is a really big time investment to go further... Just want to see if I make anyone upset or there are some bright ideas of how to improve things :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/