Re: Linux 2.5 / 2.6 TODO (preliminary)

From: Marcelo Tosatti (marcelo@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 13:25:18 EST


On Wed, 31 May 2000, Arne Thomassen wrote:

> > Linux 2.5 / 2.6 TODO (preliminary)
> > N Documentation
> > W Merge ext3
> > W Merge ReiserFS
> > N VFS changes
> > I Get rid of SCSI host template
> > I Handle replugging
>
> W Replace the big kernel lock with more fine-grained locking as far as
> possible (completely? ;-)

The correct thing to do is to fine-grain when we notice contention.
Fine-graining "as much as possible" is a direct way to hell.

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