From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751444AbXBMXrx (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:47:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751463AbXBMXrw (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:47:52 -0500 Received: from ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com ([24.93.47.44]:44215 "EHLO ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751444AbXBMXrw (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:47:52 -0500 From: Eric Van Hensbergen To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: v9fs-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, Eric Van Hensbergen Subject: [PATCH] 9p: add write-cache support to loose cache mode Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:47:47 -0600 Message-Id: <11714104673828-git-send-email-ericvh@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.0.rc1.gde38 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Loose cache mode was added primarily to asssist exclusive, read-only mounts (like venti) -- however, there is also a case for using loose write cacheing in support of read/write exclusive mounts. This feature is linked to the loose cache option and is disabled by default. This code adds the necessary code to support writes through the page cache. Write caches are not used for synthetic files or for files opened in APPEND mode. Signed-of-by: Eric Van Hensbergen --- Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt index bbd8b28..36ed211 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.txt @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ OPTIONS cache=mode specifies a cacheing policy. By default, no caches are used. loose = no attempts are made at consistency, - intended for exclusive, read-only mounts + intended for exclusive mounts debug=n specifies debug level. The debug level is a bitmask. 0x01 = display verbose error messages -- 1.4.1