Re: inode->i_dirty_buffers redundant ?

Stephen C. Tweedie
2001-01-24T11:28:33Z

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