Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:30:43 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/19] fs: switch bdev inode bdi's correctly |
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On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 07:13:55PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> > > bdev inodes can remain dirty even after their last close. Hence the > BDI associated with the bdev->inode gets modified duringthe last > close to point to the default BDI. However, the bdev inode still > needs to be moved to the dirty lists of the new BDI, otherwise it > will corrupt the writeback list is was left on. > > Add a new function bdev_inode_switch_bdi() to move all the bdi state > from the old bdi to the new one safely. This is only a temporary > measure until the bdev inode<->bdi lifecycle problems are sorted > out. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Nice to see you and Christoph eliminated the need for that bdev:inode hack in my tree. Looks good.
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