Re: [PATCH] Use atomic ops for file_nr accounting, not spinlock+irq

On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 11:56 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Andrew Morton <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > > Make the kernel use atomic operations for files_stat.nr_files accounting
> > > rather than using a spinlocked and interrupt-disabled critical section.
> > 
> > This code has all been redone in current kernels.
> 
> Hmmm... So it has. Trond's tree hasn't caught up yet, which is a bit of a
> problem:-/

I've been updating the NFS git tree on a daily basis. I'm not going to
begin pulling from the -mm tree, though.

Cheers,
  Trond

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- Re: [PATCH] Use atomic ops for file_nr accounting, not spinlock+irq
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- [PATCH] Use atomic ops for file_nr accounting, not spinlock+irq
  - From: David Howells <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] Use atomic ops for file_nr accounting, not spinlock+irq
  - From: David Howells <[email protected]>

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