Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 5 Dec 2000 13:59:34 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: test12-pre5 |
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On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > So Stephen is right wrt fsync() (it will not get that stuff on disk). > > However, it's not a bug - if that crap will not end up on disk we > > will only win. > > Stephen is _wrong_ wrt fsync(). > > Why? > > Think about it for a second. How the hell could you even _call_ fsync() on > a file that no longer exists, and has no file handles open to it? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ clear_inode() <- dispose_list() <- prune_icache().
IOW, if file still exists, but is closed by everyone, etc. you _can_ get clear_inode() on it. <thinks> Ah, I see your point. OK, how about that: * clear_inode() _can_ be called for still-alive objects. * no matter how it is called, we don't give a damn for the stuff on the list. * moreover, if it gets called for object that is still alive the list is just empty. It doesn't contain anything valuable (as in every case) _and_ it doesn't contain random crap.
If that's what you were talking about - fine with me.
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