Re: [PATCH v4 00/54] tree-in-dcache stuff
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2026-01-31 01:42:12
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 at 17:06, Al Viro [off-list ref] wrote:
I'd rather go for a spinlock there, protecting these FFS_DEACTIVATED transitions;
Yes, that's the much better solution. The locking in this thing is horrendous.
But judging by Samuel's recent email, there's something else than the
open locking thing going on.
Linus