On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 03:42:25PM -0500, Philipp Weis wrote: > How could it end up in the page cache for this setup? There is no > filesystem layer below the loop device. Any write that reaches the > loop device is passed through to lvm, then md and finally the disk. > Are you saying that there is extra caching going on at the lvm or md > layers?
Yes, the block device node is a cached access mode, and uses the same pagecache as a filesystem uses. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100216221248.ga8...@lst.de
