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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] Fix fsync livelock
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 23:30:51 -0400 (EDT
> The point is that many fsync()s may run in parallel and you have just
> one inode and just one chain. And if you add two-word list_head to a
> page, to link it on this list, many developers will hate it for
> increasing its size.

why to a page?
a list head in the inode and chain up the bios....
or not make an actual list but just a "is the previous one done" thing
it's not all that hard to get something that works on a per inode basis,
that gives "wait for all io upto this one".



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