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From(Alan Cox)
SubjectRe: PATCH to pre-patch-2.1.45: clean_inode needs to reset i_writecount
DateFri, 11 Jul 1997 08:45:42 +0100 (BST)
> The whole concept of "dtime" is _wrong_.
> 
> Reason: it implies you have to write out the inode after deleting it. 
> Which is just stupid, plain and simple - if we have deallocated the inode
> it by definition no longer contains any useful information, so we
> shouldn't spend time writing it out to disk.

I disagree with your  "definition" - it contains a clear statement the inode
isnt in use. That in iteself is useful information


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