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    [PATCH] reduce lock contention in try_to_free_buffers() · 5feb041e
    Andrew Morton authored
    The blockdev mapping's private_lock is fairly contended.  The buffer
    LRU cache fixed a lot of that, but under page replacement load,
    try_to_free_buffers is still showing up.
    
    Moving the freeing of buffer_heads outside the lock reduces contention
    in there by 30%.
    5feb041e
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