Re: [PATCH] dcache: don't discard dentry_hashtable or d_hash_shift

Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-debuggers,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CAHk-=wjKbgRY+Jvu2GNaDXaAhyydOOW-R=0qCzM3mTLrZZg+iQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 at 06:21, Stephen Brennan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I know this "fix" may seem a bit silly, but reading out the dentry
> hashtable contents from a core dump or live system has been a real life
> saver when debugging dentry cache bloat issues. Could we do something
> like this (even making it opt-in would be great) for v6.11?

Sure, applied with fixes to the comment (you seem to have dropped a word).

             Linus
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