On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 08:18:33AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > I guess that including the locking is not going to make much difference. > > I don't remember now but it was probably done because there may be many > > mounts (potentially several thousand) being done and I wanted to get rid > > of anything that wasn't needed. Seeing that lock in question is not going to be contended... ;-) Seriously, though - the fewer complications we have in the locking rules, the better. Al, currently going through audit of ->d_name/->d_parent uses and cursing at the 600-odd places left to look through...
