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From: Naren Devaiah <naren@cs.pdx.edu>
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Subject: Purpose of inode->i_atomic_write in 2.2.x
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Hi,

Could somebody tell me why inode->i_atomic_write is used in 2.2.x?
And also why this is absent in 2.4.x (actually replaced by ->i_zombie)?

Thanks,
Naren


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