Re: [PATCH] nfs: fix congestion control

[Trond Myklebust]

On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 22:52 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > 
> > > Index: linux-2.6-git/fs/inode.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-2.6-git.orig/fs/inode.c	2007-01-12 08:03:47.000000000 +0100
> > > +++ linux-2.6-git/fs/inode.c	2007-01-12 08:53:26.000000000 +0100
> > > @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static struct hlist_head *inode_hashtabl
> > >   * the i_state of an inode while it is in use..
> > >   */
> > >  DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_lock);
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_lock);
> > 
> > Hmmm... Commits to all NFS servers will be globally serialized via the 
> > inode_lock?
> 
> Hmm, right, thats not good indeed, I can pull the call to
> nfs_commit_list() out of that loop.

There is no reason to modify any of the commit stuff. Please just drop
that code.

Trond

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/