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From(Alan Cox)
SubjectRe: Major 2.1.x problem index
DateSat, 20 Jun 1998 09:08:29 +0100 (BST)
> * Page cache flaws
>           Can't handle dirty files, swapoff can crash with sys5 memory.
> 
> This sounds a lot like the stuff I have been working with.
> In respect to the "Can't handle dirty files" are you thinking in terms
> of dirty pages in the page cache?

Yes. Although thats got tagged with it more for 2.3, because the SYS5
one needs to be fixed

> things that can be done with this...  However with the code/feature
> freeze I suspected this was a an impossibility.  

Only Linus knows the answer to such questions. You may well be right


Alan


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