Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 20 Sep 2001 01:03:38 +0200 | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.10-pre11 |
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On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 05:17:23PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote: > fsync_dev() is not needed for raw devices or swap. It _is_ needed for > file access.
then what's the difference between raw devices and swap.
And there's reason we should we avoid the fsync_dev with the raw devices and swap.
I just found it an useless complication.
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