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Steven Whitehouse f91a0d3e24 [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 
The i_cache was designed to keep references to the indirect blocks
used during block mapping so that they didn't have to be looked
up continually. The idea failed because there are too many places
where the i_cache needs to be freed, and this has in the past been
the cause of many bugs.

In addition there was no performance benefit being gained since the
disk blocks in question were cached anyway. So this patch removes
it in order to simplify the code to prepare for other changes which
would otherwise have had to add further support for this feature.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
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locking Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6 2007-10-12 15:49:37 -07:00
acl.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
acl.h [GFS2] Remove gfs2_check_acl() 2006-11-30 10:37:32 -05:00
bmap.c [GFS2] Fix ordering of dirty/journal for ordered buffer unstuffing 2007-10-10 08:56:05 +01:00
bmap.h [GFS2] Fix bmap to map extents properly 2006-10-20 09:13:40 -04:00
daemon.c [GFS2] Reduce number of gfs2_scand processes to one 2007-10-10 08:55:08 +01:00
daemon.h [GFS2] Reduce number of gfs2_scand processes to one 2007-10-10 08:55:08 +01:00
dir.c [GFS2] Alternate gfs2_iget to avoid looking up inodes being freed 2007-10-10 08:56:29 +01:00
dir.h [GFS2] Clean up inode number handling 2007-07-09 08:22:24 +01:00
eaops.c [GFS2] mark struct *_operations const 2007-10-10 08:55:03 +01:00
eaops.h [GFS2] mark struct *_operations const 2007-10-10 08:55:03 +01:00
eattr.c [GFS2] Add nanosecond timestamp feature 2007-07-09 08:23:12 +01:00
eattr.h [GFS2] gfs2 misc endianness annotations 2006-11-30 10:33:46 -05:00
gfs2.h [GFS2] Update copyright, tidy up incore.h 2006-09-01 11:05:15 -04:00
glock.c [GFS2] Handle multiple glock demote requests 2008-01-25 08:07:09 +00:00
glock.h [GFS2] flocks from same process trip kernel BUG at fs/gfs2/glock.c:1118! 2007-10-10 08:56:14 +01:00
glops.c [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
glops.h [GFS2] Make headers compile on their own 2006-09-05 10:39:21 -04:00
incore.h [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
inode.c [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
inode.h [GFS2] Alternate gfs2_iget to avoid looking up inodes being freed 2007-10-10 08:56:29 +01:00
Kconfig [DLM/GFS2] indent help text 2007-02-05 13:38:20 -05:00
lm.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
lm.h [GFS2] Use void * instead of typedef for locking module interface 2006-09-08 10:17:58 -04:00
locking.c [GFS2] Export lm_interface to kernel headers 2006-09-19 08:45:18 -04:00
log.c [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
log.h [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
lops.c [GFS2] Clean up journaled data writing 2007-10-10 08:56:24 +01:00
lops.h [GFS2] assertion failure after writing to journaled file, umount 2007-07-09 08:23:47 +01:00
main.c [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
Makefile [GFS2] Use ->page_mkwrite() for mmap() 2008-01-25 08:07:13 +00:00
meta_io.c [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
meta_io.h [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
mount.c [GFS2] Add NULL entry to token table 2007-10-10 08:55:34 +01:00
mount.h [GFS2] Make headers compile on their own 2006-09-05 10:39:21 -04:00
ops_address.c [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
ops_address.h [GFS2] Clean up internal read function 2008-01-25 08:07:11 +00:00
ops_dentry.c [GFS2] Clean up inode number handling 2007-07-09 08:22:24 +01:00
ops_dentry.h [GFS2] Make headers compile on their own 2006-09-05 10:39:21 -04:00
ops_export.c exportfs: make struct export_operations const 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
ops_file.c [GFS2] Use ->page_mkwrite() for mmap() 2008-01-25 08:07:13 +00:00
ops_fstype.c [GFS2] Alternate gfs2_iget to avoid looking up inodes being freed 2007-10-10 08:56:29 +01:00
ops_fstype.h exportfs: make struct export_operations const 2007-10-22 08:13:21 -07:00
ops_inode.c [GFS2] Clean up journaled data writing 2007-10-10 08:56:24 +01:00
ops_inode.h [GFS2] Clean up internal read function 2008-01-25 08:07:11 +00:00
ops_super.c [GFS2] Clean up journaled data writing 2007-10-10 08:56:24 +01:00
ops_super.h [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
quota.c [GFS2] Clean up internal read function 2008-01-25 08:07:11 +00:00
quota.h [GFS2] Make headers compile on their own 2006-09-05 10:39:21 -04:00
recovery.c [GFS2] Ensure journal file cache is flushed after recovery 2007-10-10 08:55:12 +01:00
recovery.h [GFS2] split and annotate gfs2_log_head 2006-11-30 10:33:14 -05:00
rgrp.c [GFS2] Clean up internal read function 2008-01-25 08:07:11 +00:00
rgrp.h [GFS2] Addendum patch 2 for gfs2_grow 2007-07-09 08:22:19 +01:00
super.c [GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes 2008-01-25 08:07:16 +00:00
super.h [GFS2] Fix sign problem in quota/statfs and cleanup _host structures 2007-07-09 08:23:10 +01:00
sys.c Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6 2007-10-12 15:49:37 -07:00
sys.h [GFS2] Make headers compile on their own 2006-09-05 10:39:21 -04:00
trans.c [GFS2] Clean up gfs2_trans_add_revoke() 2007-10-10 08:56:12 +01:00
trans.h [GFS2] Clean up gfs2_trans_add_revoke() 2007-10-10 08:56:12 +01:00
util.c [GFS2] Fix sign problem in quota/statfs and cleanup _host structures 2007-07-09 08:23:10 +01:00
util.h Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw 2006-12-07 09:13:20 -08:00