Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:28:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:28:13 -0500 Received: from lacrosse.corp.redhat.com ([12.107.208.154]:64969 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:28:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:28:04 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Andrew Morton Cc: Hugh Dickins , Marcelo Tosatti , Andrea Arcangeli , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] pagecache lock ordering Message-ID: <20020110182804.D8433@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <3C3CE5D6.2204BD27@zip.com.au> <3C3DFBEF.BA050536@zip.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3C3DFBEF.BA050536@zip.com.au>; from akpm@zip.com.au on Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:39:11PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:39:11PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > I'm struggling to see a use for generic_buffer_fdatasync(). Maybe > for a filesystem which doesn't implement ->writepage()? Dunno. I seem to be using it in aio. Well, at least code based on it which seems to work for most filesystems for O_DATASYNC... -ben -- Fish. - 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/