Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:07:21 +0200 | From | Marco Stornelli <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] xip: export xip_file_fault |
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Il 17/09/2011 15:53, Christoph Hellwig ha scritto: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 02:18:11PM +0200, Marco Stornelli wrote: >> From: Marco Stornelli<marco.stornelli@gmail.com> >> >> There aren't sufficient sync points for a fs for xip operations. In >> particular for the mmap case. It can be not sufficient to lock/unlock >> to do some operation inside get_xip_mem callback. For xip_file_read >> it's really easy to write a fs specific wrapper, xip_file_write hold >> i_mutex so no problem. With this patch it's possible to reuse the >> generic xip_file_fault, using a wrapper function in a fs, without to >> reinvent the wheel. > > As usual please send patches to add exports only while adding callers > for it. > >
Actually the module is not currently in mainline even if I hope soon. No problem. I'll resend it at the right moment.
Marco
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