Re: [patch 08/14] fs: scale inode alias list

[Andi Kleen]

npiggin@xxxxxxx writes:

> Add a new lock, dcache_inode_lock, to protect the inode's i_dentry list
> from concurrent modification. d_alias is also protected by d_lock.

This would seem to ask for per object lock? Why not put it into the inode?

-Andi

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