Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:30:41 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Turn do_sync_file_range() into do_sync_mapping_range() |
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:46:26 -0700 Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> wrote:
> do_sync_file_range() accepts a file * from which it takes an address_space > to sync. Abstract out the bulk of the function into do_sync_mapping_range() > which takes the address_space directly. This way callers who want to sync an > address_space directly can take advantage of the functionality provided. > > do_sync_file_range() is preserved as a 3 line wrapper around > do_sync_mapping_range(). > > Ocfs2 in particular would like to use this to initiate a sync of a specific > inode range during truncate, where a file * may not be available.
I think we can remove do_sync_file_range() altogether? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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