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FromDaniel Phillips <>
SubjectRe: [patch] truncate fixes
DateMon, 7 Jan 2002 13:41:28 +0100
On January 7, 2002 05:28 am, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > 
> > > (I think I'll add a buffer_mapped() test to this code as well.  It's
> > > a bit redundant because the fs shouldn't go setting BH_New and not
> > > BH_Mapped, but this code is _very_ rarely executed, and I haven't
> > > tested all filesystems...)
> > 
> > correct, it shouldn't be necessary. I wouldn't add it. if a fs breaks the
> > buffer_new semantics it's the one that should be fixed methinks.
> 
> You mean "don't be lazy.  Audit all the filesystems"?  Sigh.  OK.

Isn't this a job for BUG?

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Daniel
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