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DateTue, 1 Jun 2010 10:29:30 -0600
FromMatthew Wilcox <>
SubjectRe: Wrong DIF guard tag on ext2 write
On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 09:49:51AM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> > I agree that a block based retry would close all the holes ... it just
> > doesn't look elegant to me that the fs will already be repeating the I/O
> > if it changed the page and so will block.
>
> We might not ever repeat the IO. We might change the page, write it,
> change it again, truncate the file and toss the page completely.

Why does it matter that it was never written in that case?

--
Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."


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