Re: [PATCH] minor optimization for EXT3

Alex Tomas (bzzz@tmi.comex.ru)
Thu, 10 Jul 2003 21:09:12 +0000


>>>>> Andrew Morton (AM) writes:

AM> Alex Tomas <bzzz@tmi.comex.ru> wrote:
>>
>> OK. fixed version:

AM> Looks nice. Now, Andreas did mention a while back that the locking rework
AM> added an additional complexity to this optimization. Perhaps he can remind
AM> us of the details there?

he meant than 2.5 don't use lock_sb() for inode allocation. this patch is safe
from this point of view.

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