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 06:28:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 06:28:23 -0500 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([209.10.41.242]:2003 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 06:28:09 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:26:24 +0000 From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" To: V Ganesh Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sct@redhat.com Subject: Re: inode->i_dirty_buffers redundant ? Message-ID: <20010124112624.M11607@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <200101240955.PAA28367@vxindia.veritas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200101240955.PAA28367@vxindia.veritas.com>; from ganesh@veritas.com on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:25:16PM +0530 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:25:16PM +0530, V Ganesh wrote: > now that we have inode->i_mapping->dirty_pages, what do we need > inode->i_dirty_buffers for ? Metadata. Specifically, directory contents and indirection blocks. --Stephen - 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/