Re: Patch: 2.6.7/fs/dnotify.c - make dn_lock a regular spinlock

[Andrew Morton]

"Adam J. Richter" <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 	In the near future, I expect to try to eliminate dn_lock by
>  using parent_inode->i_sem instead, as the kmem_cache_t in dnotify.c
>  does not need to be protected by a separate lock.

inode->i_lock would be better.  Take care to keep it an "innermost" VFS
lock though.  Move kmem_cache_free() outside the lock altoghter.
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