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From: Chuck Lever <cel@citi.umich.edu>
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Subject: invalidate_inode_pages in 2.5.32/3
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hi all-

it appears that changes in or around invalidate_inode_pages that went into
2.5.32/3 have broken certain cache behaviors that the NFS client depends
on.  when the NFS client calls invalidate_inode_pages to purge directory
data from the page cache, sometimes it works as before, and sometimes it
doesn't, leaving stale pages in the page cache.

i don't know much about the MM, but i can reliably reproduce the problem.  
what more information can i provide?  please copy me, as i'm not a member 
of the linux-kernel mailing list.

        - Chuck Lever
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