Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 5 Dec 1999 16:43:42 +0100 | From | Jan Kara <> | Subject | Re: Small fix in buffer cache |
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> > I've found a small bug in create_buffers(). When buffer is created it > >is not attached to any list. The patch simply does refile_buffer() on > > It's not a bug. You don't need them attached to any list. You attach the > buffer to a list only when you made it dirty and so you want > kupdate/kflushd to sync it back to disk eventually. I know that it doesn't break anything when buffer is not attached but I think it's cleaner to have those buffers attached...
Honza.
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