On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:44:45AM -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > If the side we want to optimize is the modifications, I wonder if we > could do all the i_version increments on *read* of i_version?: > > - writes (and other inode modifications) set an "i_version_dirty" > flag. > - reads of i_version clear the i_version_dirty flag, increment > i_version, and return the result. > > As long as the reader sees i_version_flag set only after it sees the > write that caused it, I think it all works? Except I'm a little confused about how i_version behaves (and should behave) on reboot. Assuming it's currently correct, I think it's enough to also increment i_version as above when writing out the inode. --b. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
