On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 01:03:04PM +1000, npiggin@xxxxxxx wrote: > Problem with inode reclaim is that it puts inodes into I_FREEING state > and then continues to gather more, during which it may iput, > invalidate_mapping_pages, be preempted, etc. Holding these inodes in > I_FREEING can cause pauses. What sort of pauses? I can't see how holding a few inodes in I_FREEING state would cause any serious sort of holdoff... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html