Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:33:16 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Ok, explained.. (was Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one) |
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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:11:44 -0800 (PST) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> > > > JBD implements physical block-based journalling, so it is 100% appropriate > > that JBD deal with these disk blocks using their buffer_head > > representation. > > And as long as it does that, you just have to face the fact that it's > going to perform like crap, including what you call "extra" writes, and > what I call "deal with it".
It is quite tiresome to delete things which your interlocutor said and to then restate them as if it were some sort of relevation.
> > Somewhat nastily, but as ext3 directories are metadata it is appropriate > > that modifications to them be done in terms of buffer_heads (ie: blocks). > > No. There is nothing "appropriate" about using buffer_heads for metadata.
I said "modification".
> [stuff about directory reads elided]
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