From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6cnq-0006X7-00 for ; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:22:02 -0700 Received: from lakshmi.addtoit.com ([198.99.130.6] helo=lakshmi.solana.com) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A6cno-0003xW-L3 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 06 Oct 2003 14:22:01 -0700 Received: from ccure.karaya.com (lakshmi.solana.com [127.0.0.1]) by lakshmi.solana.com (8.11.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id h96LBmj06692 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:11:49 -0400 Message-Id: <200310062123.h96LNhGj020809@ccure.karaya.com> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Separate COW patch. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:53:40 CDT." <2D4B6CD74137D4119A1100104BC6BCBF0BC58605@dubntex006.qwest.net> References: <2D4B6CD74137D4119A1100104BC6BCBF0BC58605@dubntex006.qwest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Jeff Dike Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 17:23:42 -0400 To: "Montgomery, Kendal L" Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, jdike@sonycom.com kendal.montgomery@qwest.com said: > Where can I get what you've worked on so far? I'd be willing to give > it a try and possibly help to sort out the remaining pieces that need > to make it work. It's in arch/um/drivers/cow_kern.c. The bit that got me hung up was ensuring that COW bitmap updates happen before the actual I/O. This is necessary in case the UML crashes during a write. You want the bitmap update to happen only after the data has been written. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel