Re: [PATCH RFC 00/53] lift lookup out of exclive lock for dir ops
Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 at 14:44, NeilBrown <[email protected]> wrote: > > This patch set progresses my effort to improve concurrency of > directory operations and specifically to allow concurrent updates > in a given directory. I only got about half the patches, but the ones I did get didn't raise my hackles. HOWEVER. This is very much a "absolutely requires ACKs from Al" series. Al? Also, because I only got about half the patches, and there's 53 of them total, I'd really like to see a git branch for something like this. It makes it easier to review for me, and I suspect it makes it easier for some of the test robots too. But again - this needs Al to look at it. Iirc he had some fundamental concern with the last version - hopefully now fixed, but ... Linus