Re: [PATCH] ps3vram: Replace mutex by spinlock + list

[Jens Axboe]

On Fri, Apr 03 2009, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Remove the mutex serializing access to the cache.
> Instead, queue up new requests on a list if the driver is busy.
> 
> This improves sequential write performance by ca. 2%.

Great, precisely the method I wanted to see there! I've added your three
patches, thanks Geert.


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Jens Axboe

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