Dave Hansen a écrit :

@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ struct vfsmount {
        struct vfsmount *mnt_master;    /* slave is on master->mnt_slave_list */
        struct mnt_namespace *mnt_ns;   /* containing namespace */
        struct user_namespace *mnt_user_ns; /* namespace for uid interpretation 
*/
+       int mnt_writers;                /* nr files open for write */
        /*
         * We put mnt_count & mnt_expiry_mark at the end of struct vfsmount
         * to let these frequently modified fields in a separate cache line
@@ -72,7 +74,26 @@ static inline struct vfsmount *mntget(st
                atomic_inc(&mnt->mnt_count);
        return mnt;

Dave, please read again this comment in struct vfsmount definition.

If I understand your infrastructure, mnt_writers is going to be frequently modified, so it should be placed at the end of struct vfsmount, in the same cache line than mnt_count.

Thank you
Eric

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