Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755991Ab0FXP7N (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:59:13 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:44307 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754143Ab0FXP7M (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:59:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:59:04 +1000 From: Nick Piggin To: Andi Kleen Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, John Stultz , Frank Mayhar Subject: Re: [patch 37/52] fs: icache lazy lru Message-ID: <20100624155904.GK10441@laptop> References: <20100624030212.676457061@suse.de> <20100624030731.563540438@suse.de> <87lja4ahad.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87lja4ahad.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 667 Lines: 16 On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:52:58AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > npiggin@suse.de writes: > > > Impelemnt lazy inode lru similarly to dcache. This will reduce lock > > acquisition and will help to improve lock ordering subsequently. > > Or just drop inode LRU completely and only rely on the dcache for that? Possible, yes. There was some talking about it. I prefer not to do anything too controversial yet if possible :) -- 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/