Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 9 Nov 2001 20:11:10 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [CFT][PATCH] long-living cache for block devices |
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On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Alexander Viro wrote: > > > > Logics looks so: upon the final close() we finish all pending > > IO and destroy all buffer_heads for device. > > Why do yu care about destroying buffer-heads? > > You might as well leave them active, I don't see what you win from trying > to get rid of them aggressively. They'll go away when the pages go away..
The simplest way to make sure that all IO is over (including readaheads).
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