Re: Test12 ll_rw_block error.

Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-12-18T12:20:35Z

Hi,

On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:38:17AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
>
> Stephen,
>
> The ->flush() operation (which we've been discussing a bit) would be very
> useful now (mainly for XFS).
>
> At page_launder(), we can call ->flush() if the given page has it defined.
> Otherwise use try_to_free_buffers() as we do now for filesystems which
> dont care about the special flushing treatment.

As of 2.4.0test12, page_launder() will already call the
per-address-space writepage() operation for dirty pages. Do you need
something similar for clean pages too, or does Linus's new laundry
code give you what you need now?

Cheers,
Stephen