Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:35:40 +0200 (EET) | From | Jani Monoses <> | Subject | Re: mark_inode_dirty question |
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On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:47:16PM +0200, Jani Monoses wrote: > > mark_inode_dirty and mark_inode_dirty_sync .Could the i_state be changed > > during the call (on another CPU)? > > no because you're protected by the inode_lock. > > Andrea >
Thanks but I meant between the moment the call from mark_* is made and the lock is taken.I suppose it can be changed thus the double check in both caller and callee.
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