Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 09:57:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 09:57:40 -0500 Received: from penguin.e-mind.com ([195.223.140.120]:13376 "EHLO penguin.e-mind.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 09:57:33 -0500 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:26:53 +0100 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Jani Monoses Cc: viro@math.psu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mark_inode_dirty question Message-ID: <20001216152653.A26034@inspiron.random> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from jani@virtualro.ic.ro on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:47:16PM +0200 X-GnuPG-Key-URL: http://e-mind.com/~andrea/aa.gnupg.asc X-PGP-Key-URL: http://e-mind.com/~andrea/aa.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:47:16PM +0200, Jani Monoses wrote: > mark_inode_dirty and mark_inode_dirty_sync .Could the i_state be changed > during the call (on another CPU)? no because you're protected by the inode_lock. Andrea - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/