Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:13:54 +1000 | From | Dave Chinner <> | Subject | Re: [patch 52/52] fs: icache less I_FREEING time |
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On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 01:03:04PM +1000, npiggin@suse.de 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@fromorbit.com
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