From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/18] fs: Implement lazy LRU updates for inodes.
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 18:56:58 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101016075658.GN19147@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101013133213.GC5263@infradead.org>
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 09:32:13AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > */
> > redirty_tail(inode);
> > - } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
> > - /*
> > - * The inode is clean, inuse
> > - */
> > - list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
> > } else {
> > - /*
> > - * The inode is clean, unused
> > - */
> > - list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
> > + /* The inode is clean */
> > + list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
> > + inode_lru_list_add(inode);
>
> Just noticed this when reviewing a later patch: why do we lose the
> i_count check here? There's no point in adding an inode that is still
> in use onto the LRU - we'll just remove it again once we find it
> during LRU scanning.
I did it this way because we're already holding the lock. But with the
inode and lru lists locked seperately in a subsequent patch, it is
better to check the count, I agree.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-16 7:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-13 0:15 fs: Inode cache scalability V3 Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 01/18] kernel: add bl_list Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 02/18] fs: Convert nr_inodes and nr_unused to per-cpu counters Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 03/18] fs: Implement lazy LRU updates for inodes Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 13:32 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-16 0:11 ` Dave Chinner
2010-10-16 7:56 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 04/18] fs: inode split IO and LRU lists Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 11:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 05/18] fs: Clean up inode reference counting Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 11:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 06/18] exofs: use iput() for inode reference count decrements Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 11:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 14:49 ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-10-17 1:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-24 18:06 ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 07/18] fs: rework icount to be a locked variable Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 11:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-16 0:15 ` Dave Chinner
2010-10-16 0:20 ` Dave Chinner
2010-10-16 0:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 08/18] fs: Factor inode hash operations into functions Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 09/18] fs: Introduce per-bucket inode hash locks Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 11:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 15:05 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 10/18] fs: add a per-superblock lock for the inode list Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 11/18] fs: split locking of inode writeback and LRU lists Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 3:26 ` Lin Ming
2010-10-13 13:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 12/18] fs: Protect inode->i_state with the inode->i_lock Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 13:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 13/18] fs: introduce a per-cpu last_ino allocator Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 14/18] fs: Make iunique independent of inode_lock Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 15/18] fs: icache remove inode_lock Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 2:09 ` Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 13:42 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:15 ` [PATCH 16/18] fs: Reduce inode I_FREEING and factor inode disposal Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 13:51 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:16 ` [PATCH 17/18] fs: split __inode_add_to_list Dave Chinner
2010-10-13 15:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 0:16 ` [PATCH 18/18] fs: do not assign default i_ino in new_inode Dave Chinner
2010-10-16 7:57 ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-16 16:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 14:51 ` fs: Inode cache scalability V3 Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 15:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 21:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 23:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-13 23:55 ` Dave Chinner
2010-10-14 0:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
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