From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.10-pre11
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 01:03:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010920010338.B720@athlon.random> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010919225505.P720@athlon.random> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0109191655560.901-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0109191655560.901-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>; from viro@math.psu.edu on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 05:17:23PM -0400
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 05:17:23PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote:
> fsync_dev() is not needed for raw devices or swap. It _is_ needed for
> file access.
then what's the difference between raw devices and swap.
And there's reason we should we avoid the fsync_dev with the raw devices
and swap.
I just found it an useless complication.
Andrea
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-19 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-18 0:08 Linux 2.4.10-pre11 Linus Torvalds
2001-09-17 23:17 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 1:08 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 3:37 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 2:25 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 3:58 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 2:53 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 4:54 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 3:33 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 5:06 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 3:55 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 5:32 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 4:14 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 5:59 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 5:00 ` Marcelo Tosatti
[not found] ` <20010917211834.A31693@redhat.com>
[not found] ` <20010918035055.J698@athlon.random>
2001-09-18 2:02 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20010917221653.B31693@redhat.com>
2001-09-18 2:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-18 3:14 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-18 3:26 ` Andrea Arcangeli
[not found] ` <20010918052201.N698@athlon.random>
2001-09-18 4:01 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-09-18 4:39 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 5:04 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-18 5:09 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 5:22 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-09-18 5:48 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 5:48 ` Andrew Morton
2001-09-18 6:11 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 5:02 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 6:40 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 16:06 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 19:18 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2001-09-18 21:05 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-19 13:57 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-18 10:58 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-09-18 9:31 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 9:39 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 9:44 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 9:57 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 10:02 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 10:17 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 10:28 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 10:35 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 10:52 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 11:05 ` Helge Hafting
2001-09-18 12:40 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-18 17:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-18 16:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-18 18:19 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 18:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-09-18 19:14 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-09-18 19:41 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 20:33 ` Richard Gooch
2001-09-18 20:53 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 21:06 ` Richard Gooch
2001-09-18 21:27 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-18 20:17 ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2001-09-18 20:33 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 13:42 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-19 14:27 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-19 2:59 ` Michael Peddemors
2001-09-18 19:29 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2001-09-19 16:11 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-19 18:25 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-19 19:21 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-19 20:41 ` Richard Gooch
2001-09-19 20:55 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-19 21:17 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-19 22:15 ` Richard Gooch
2001-09-19 23:01 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-19 23:03 ` Andrea Arcangeli [this message]
2001-09-19 23:30 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-19 23:40 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-20 13:56 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 14:38 ` Chris Mason
2001-09-20 14:50 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 15:44 ` Chris Mason
2001-09-20 16:43 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 20:54 ` [PATCH] fs/block_dev.c cleanup Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 2:34 ` Linux 2.4.10-pre11 Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-20 10:52 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 18:18 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-20 18:33 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 18:59 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-20 20:41 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 21:18 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-20 21:40 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 22:13 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-20 22:20 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 22:31 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-20 22:44 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-20 23:03 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-20 23:11 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-21 1:50 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-21 2:42 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-21 3:47 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-21 4:00 ` Alexander Viro
2001-09-21 4:06 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-21 4:06 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-21 4:46 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-21 7:09 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-19 13:38 ` Rik van Riel
2001-09-19 16:35 ` Andrea Arcangeli
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-09-18 3:18 Ed Tomlinson
2001-09-18 2:31 ` Magnus Naeslund(f)
2001-09-18 2:49 ` David B. Stevens
2001-09-18 3:38 ` Ed Tomlinson
2001-09-18 3:15 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-18 4:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-09-18 6:14 Alexei Podtelezhnikov
2001-09-18 13:51 ` Rik van Riel
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