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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:25:21 -0500
From: Chris Mason <mason@suse.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] changes to buffer.c (was Test12 ll_rw_block error)
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On Saturday, December 23, 2000 11:02:53 -0800 Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@transmeta.com> wrote:
> 
> Which is why I prefer the higher layers handling the dirty/uptodate/xxx
> bits. 
> 

Grin, I should have taken the hint when we talked about the buffer up to
date checks for block_read_full_page, it made sense then too.  

brw_page doesn't clear the dirty bit in pre4, was that on purpose?

-chris

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