Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SMP race in ext2 - metadata corruption. | Date | Sat, 28 Apr 2001 00:55:26 -0400 (EDT) |
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Linus Torvalds writes:
> The buffer cache is "virtual" in the sense that /dev/hda is a > completely separate name-space from /dev/hda1, even if there > is some physical overlap.
So the aliasing problems and elevator algorithm confusion remain? Is this ever likely to change, and what is with the 1 kB assumptions? (Hmmm, cruft left over from the 1 kB Minix filesystem blocks?) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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