Re: [PATCH 16/21] fs: Protect inode->i_state with the inode->i_lock

Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-22T11:40:44Z

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:37:05AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> One more note: IMO sb list lock is better off inside the hash one; when we
> do per-chain hash locks, we'll be better off if we don't have to hold sb
> one over the entire chain search.

Why would you nest these two at all?