Re: [PATCH 6/8] xfs: remove all the inodes on a buffer from the AIL in bulk

Dave Chinner
2010-12-07T03:43:20Z

On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 09:33:08AM -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> While the patch looks good for the ail lock contetion removal, I don't
> quite like the model with the double iteration over the log item list
> on the buffer. What do you think about the following plan:
>
> (1) merge xfs_istale_done into xfs_iflush_done by checking for
> XFS_ISTALE
> (2) convert not only the inode log item completion to your new scheme,
> but also the dquots
> (3) replace xfs_buf_do_callbacks with a callback in the buffer, which
> now points to the inode and dqout routines, or calls the completion
> for the only items in "normal" buf items.

Seems like a reasonable approach. However, what I'd prefer to do is
make these changes as a separate set of changes on top of this patch
series rather than try to integrate them into the existing series.
If there are problems, that should make it more bisectable. Do you
have any concerns with such an approach?

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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