Re: [PATCH] Fix dcache race during umount

David Howells <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'd like to propose an alternative to your patch to fix the dcache race
> between unmounting a filesystem and the memory shrinker.
> 
> In my patch, generic_shutdown_super() is made to call shrink_dcache_sb()
> instead of shrink_dcache_anon(), and the latter function is discarded
> completely since it's no longer used.

On the other hand, I can make my patch just alter the effect of yours.

David
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