> @@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ > * > * inode->i_lock protects: > * i_state > + * inode_lru_lock protects: > + * inode_lru, i_lru > * > * Lock ordering: > * inode_lock > * inode->i_lock > + * inode_lru_lock > */ Always writing the inode fields as inode->i_foo might be better. > @@ -537,15 +545,10 @@ void evict_inodes(struct super_block *sb) > } > > inode->i_state |= I_FREEING; > - if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY | I_SYNC))) > - percpu_counter_dec(&nr_inodes_unused); > + inode_lru_list_del(inode); > spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); > > - /* > - * Move the inode off the IO lists and LRU once I_FREEING is > - * set so that it won't get moved back on there if it is dirty. > - */ > - list_move(&inode->i_lru, &dispose); > + list_add(&inode->i_lru, &dispose); > } > spin_unlock(&inode_lock); > > @@ -582,15 +585,10 @@ int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb) > } > > inode->i_state |= I_FREEING; > - if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY | I_SYNC))) > - percpu_counter_dec(&nr_inodes_unused); > + inode_lru_list_del(inode); > spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); with this scheme we now decrement nr_inodes_unused twice - once in invalidate_inodes/evict_inodes and once in dispose_one_inode. I think you just want to use an opencoded list_move under the lru lock to move the inode to the temporary list for now, similar to what prune_icache does. -- 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