From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 04:57:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 04:56:49 -0500 Received: from bacchus.veritas.com ([204.177.156.37]:42966 "EHLO bacchus-int.veritas.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 04:56:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:25:16 +0530 (IST) From: V Ganesh Message-Id: <200101240955.PAA28367@vxindia.veritas.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: sct@redhat.com Subject: inode->i_dirty_buffers redundant ? Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org now that we have inode->i_mapping->dirty_pages, what do we need inode->i_dirty_buffers for ? I understand the latter was added for the O_SYNC changes before dirty_pages came into the picture. but now both seem to be doing more or less the same thing. ganesh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/