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SubjectRe: [patch][rfc] rewrite ramdisk
On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 05:47:12PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> + /*
> + * ram device BLKFLSBUF has special semantics, we want to actually
> + * release and destroy the ramdisk data.
> + */

We won't be able to fix completely this for a while time, but the fact
that BLKFLSBUF has special semantics has always been a major wart.
Could we perhaps create a new ioctl, say RAMDISKDESTORY, and add a
deperecation printk for BLKFLSBUF when passed to the ramdisk? I doubt
there are many tools that actually take advantage of this wierd aspect
of ramdisks, so hopefully it's something we could remove in a 18
months or so...

- Ted
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