From: Joel Becker Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] [RFC] jbd2: Add buffer triggers Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:04:29 -0700 Message-ID: <20081007010429.GF26632@mail.oracle.com> References: <20080917232629.GB20752@mail.oracle.com> <20080929012527.GI8711@mit.edu> <20081004000336.GE11442@mit.edu> <20081006213754.GA26632@mail.oracle.com> <20081006214251.GB26632@mail.oracle.com> <20081006233248.GA9337@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Theodore Tso Return-path: Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:30461 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755324AbYJGBFf (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:05:35 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081006233248.GA9337@mit.edu> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 07:32:48PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > pieces work. Andrew Morton is right; Stephen Tweedie wrote some > *very* clever code sct is very good at doing that, and even better at going off afterwards :-) > it all works. So I suspect one of is going to have take a deep dive > into the code, grok how the trifecta of b_committed_data, > b_frozen_data, and b_data interact, and which functions make what > assumptions, and then write up a lot of explanatory documentation.... > > Unfortunately, I'm not sure I'm going to have time for at least the > next couple of weeks. Do you think you could take a crack at it? I think I just did some of it in the previous email, so I suppose I should do some more. Let me see if I can squeeze it in. Joel -- Life's Little Instruction Book #197 "Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated." Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127