Avoids cache line ping pongs between cpus and prepare next patch, because updates of nr_inodes metric dont need inode_lock anymore. (socket8 bench result : 25s to 20.5s) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 - fs/inode.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- include/linux/fs.h | 3 ++ kernel/sysctl.c | 4 +-- mm/page-writeback.c | 2 - 5 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)