Re: [RFC] get_write_access()/deny_write_access() without inode->i_lock
From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Jun 20 2011 - 15:49:29 EST
Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I'm seriously tempted to throw away i_lock uses in
> {get,deny}_write_access(), as in the patch below. The question is, how
Are there any known workload where the spinlock contends badly here?
Or what's the motivation for it?
Thanks,
-Andi
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