In general i_count will only stay 0 if we have i_lock held. I realize
this is evict, so having MS_ACTIVE cleared might avoid the race
against find_inode_fast() in other ways.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel)
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fs/inode.c |6 --
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 08:56:06AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> This one looks very questionable.
>
> Taking the lock for every single inode, even when we can tell that it's
> pointless, is horrid.
>
> Even if you really think you found a race, i think it would be better to
> leave the unlocked
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