On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 04:21:19PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> > > The use of the same inode list structure (inode->i_list) for two > different list constructs with different lifecycles and purposes > makes it impossible to separate the locking of the different > operations. Therefore, to enable the separation of the locking of > the writeback and reclaim lists, split the inode->i_list into two > separate lists dedicated to their specific tracking functions. > @@ -410,7 +410,11 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) > redirty_tail(inode); > } else { > /* The inode is clean */ > - list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused); > + list_del_init(&inode->i_io); > + if (list_empty(&inode->i_lru)) { > + list_add(&inode->i_lru, &inode_unused); > + percpu_counter_inc(&nr_inodes_unused); > + } This looks like it belongs into the earlier patch. Also instead of making nr_inodes_unused non-static a helper to manipulate it might be a better idea. -- 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