Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:25:21 -0500 | From | Chris Mason <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] changes to buffer.c (was Test12 ll_rw_block error) |
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On Saturday, December 23, 2000 11:02:53 -0800 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote: > > Which is why I prefer the higher layers handling the dirty/uptodate/xxx > bits. >
Grin, I should have taken the hint when we talked about the buffer up to date checks for block_read_full_page, it made sense then too.
brw_page doesn't clear the dirty bit in pre4, was that on purpose?
-chris
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