Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Aug 1998 18:27:59 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.118 Tons of oopes |
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On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 04:27:48PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> Because, pinhead, this way you go look and see what the hell it is, > and consider "Hey, do I need a flush() operation?" Instead of > "a-huh, it compiled, it must work and be ok with the changes made > this kernel release... uh-huh"
So what is flush() actually used for?
Looks to me like its used for, well, um, well, flushing just before the file is closed - only, no drivers I can find use it!
-cw
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