Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Apr 2003 11:33:47 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: bdflush flushing memory mapped pages. |
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On Wed, Apr 09 2003, Andrew Morton wrote: > Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org> wrote: > > > > > > Funny you mention this point! > > > > I just spent 30-45 minutes on the phone talking to Jens about this very > > issue. Jens states he can map the model in to 2.5. and will give it a > > fling in a bit. This issue is a must; however, I had given up on the idea > > until 2.7. However, the issues he and I addressed, in combination to your > > request jive in sync. > > noooo..... This isn't going to happen. There are many reasons.
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This isn't Andres point at all. He wants a way to defer completion of requests to the block layer until you actually know they are on platter. I think he just tied it into this thread because it sort-of deals with deferred errors as well.
-- Jens Axboe
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