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From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/10] vfs: global namespace semaphore
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:51:42 +0100
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On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:26:19AM -0700, Ram wrote:
> This patch removes the per-namespace semaphore in favor of a global
> semaphore.  This can have an effect on namespace scalability.

... and #2 uses that semaphore...