Re: [patch 14/52] fs: dcache scale subdirs

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Jun 24 2010 - 05:50:25 EST


npiggin@xxxxxxx writes:

> Protect d_subdirs and d_child with d_lock, except in filesystems that aren't
> using dcache_lock for these anyway (eg. using i_mutex).

Different locking for different file systems seems a bit confusing.
Could the be unified?

-Andi

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