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SubjectRe: [PATCH resend] introduce I_SYNC
On Wed, 16 May 2007 10:15:35 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:01:14 +0200 Jörn Engel <joern@lazybastard.org> wrote:
>
> > This patch introduces a new flag, I_SYNC and seperates out all sync()
> > users of I_LOCK to use the new flag instead.
>
> gack, you like sticking your head in dark and dusty holes.

I don't remember enjoying the experience too much. For a day or two I
was thinking about quitting and becoming a monk somewhere.

> If we're going to do this then please let's get some exhaustive commentary
> in there so that others have a chance of understanding these flags without
> having to do the amount of reverse-engineering which you've been put through.

Not sure how the monasteries would cope with that.

Jörn

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I've never met a human being who would want to read 17,000 pages of
documentation, and if there was, I'd kill him to get him out of the
gene pool.
-- Joseph Costello
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