This patchset introduces a simple list insertion/deletion batching facility to batch multiple list insertion and deletion operations into a single one under one lock/unlock critical section. Patch 1 introduces this new facility. Patch 2 enables it for the x86-64 architecture. Patch 3 makes the insertion and deletion of the VFS superblock's inode list to use the new list batching functions. Waiman Long (3): lib/list_batch: A simple list insertion/deletion batching facility lib/list_batch, x86: Enable list insertion/deletion batching in x86-64 vfs: Enable list batching for the superblock's inode list arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + fs/inode.c | 13 ++--- fs/super.c | 1 + include/linux/fs.h | 2 + include/linux/list_batch.h | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ lib/Kconfig | 7 +++ lib/Makefile | 1 + lib/list_batch.c | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 8 files changed, 254 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 include/linux/list_batch.h create mode 100644 lib/list_batch.c -- 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