Avoids cache line ping pongs between cpus and prepare next patch, because updates of nr_inodes dont need inode_lock anymore. (socket8 bench result : no difference at this point) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +- fs/inode.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- include/linux/fs.h | 3 +++ kernel/sysctl.c | 4 ++-- mm/page-writeback.c | 2 +- 5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)