Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:14:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:13:26 -0500 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:5905 "HELO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 16:12:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 17:57:54 -0200 (BRST) From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Momchil Velikov Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Copying to loop device hangs up everything In-Reply-To: <87bsgwi6zz.fsf@fadata.bg> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 18 Dec 2001, Momchil Velikov wrote: > >>>>> "Marcelo" == Marcelo Tosatti writes: > > Marcelo> Momchil, > > Marcelo> Your fix does not look right. We _have_ to sync pages at > Marcelo> sync_page_buffers(), we cannot "ignore" them. > > Sure, we don't ignore them, we just don't _wait_ for them, because > maybe _we_ are the one to write them. What if we are not ? - 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/