Re: [Lse-tech] Early results from dcache_lock patch testing

[Andi K. <ak...@su...>]

> Does anyone know of any experimental attempt at removing 
> lock_kernel() from filesystem code ? It is ok if it works
> with just ext2 and barely too. We can polish it up and
> maintain it for benchmarking purposes.

You could use XFS or JFS. None of them use lock_kernel and they use finegraded
locking for linux standards.
ext2 is hurt by it a lot however, similar reiserfs.

-Andi