Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 23 Dec 2000 16:47:03 +0100 | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] changes to buffer.c (was Test12 ll_rw_block error) |
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Chris Mason wrote: > It is enough to leave buffer heads we don't flush on the dirty list (and > redirty the page), they'll get written by a future loop through > flush_dirty_pages, or by page_launder. We could use ll_rw_block instead, > even though anon pages do have a writepage with this patch (just check if > page->mapping == &anon_space_mapping).
anon_space_mapping... this is really useful. This would make a nice patch on its own.
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