Re: Linux 2.4.10-pre11

Andrea Arcangeli
2001-09-19T23:03:29Z

On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 05:17:23PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote:
> fsync_dev() is not needed for raw devices or swap. It _is_ needed for
> file access.

then what's the difference between raw devices and swap.

And there's reason we should we avoid the fsync_dev with the raw devices
and swap.

I just found it an useless complication.

Andrea