Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean() vs non-linear vmas | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Date | Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:09:46 +0100 |
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> > - it's a maintenance burden: I'll have to layer the m/ctime update > > patch on top of this > > But you have to update m/ctime for BDI_CAP_NO_WRITEBACK mappings anyway > don't you?
Yes, but that's a different aspect of msync(), not about the data writeback issues that nonlinear mappings have.
So a solution that solves both these problems would probably be more complex.
> > - the only pro for this has been that Nick thinks it cool ;) > > Nonlinear in general, rather than this specifically.
Fair enough.
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