Re: [PATCH] Use atomic ops for file_nr accounting, not spinlock+irq

[David Howells]

Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Make the kernel use atomic operations for files_stat.nr_files accounting
> > rather than using a spinlocked and interrupt-disabled critical section.
> 
> This code has all been redone in current kernels.

Hmmm... So it has. Trond's tree hasn't caught up yet, which is a bit of a
problem:-/

David
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