Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:52:48 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHSET 1][PATCH 0/6] Filesystem AIO read/write |
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:43:36 +0530 Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@in.ibm.com> wrote:
> > The s/lock_page_slow/lock_page_blocking/ got lost. I redid it. > > I thought the lock_page_blocking was an alternative you had suggested > to the __lock_page vs lock_page_async discussion which got resolved later. > That is why I didn't make the change in this patchset. > The call does not block in the async case, hence the choice of > the _slow suffix (like in fs/buffer.c). But if lock_page_blocking() > sounds more intuitive to you, that's OK.
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