Re: [RFC PATCH] vfs: dodge strlen() in vfs_readlink() when ->i_link is populated

[Al Viro]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 03:51:34PM +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote:

> This is only 1.5% because of other weird slowdowns which don't need to
> be there, notably putname using atomics. If the other crap was already
> fixed it would be closer to 5%.

Describe your plans re putname(), please.  Because we are pretty much
certain to step on each other's toes here in the coming cycle.