On Dec 22, 2007 2:06 AM, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:13:22 +0000 richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael, might your convert-inode-lists-to-tree patches eliminate the need > for taking inode_lock in drop_pagecache_sb()? Probably not, as it uses an > rbtree. It would have been possible if it was using a radix-tree, I > suspect..
You are correct the new patch based on an rbtree will still require the lock. mrubin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
