On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:06:43 -0800 (PST) Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Sat, 23 Dec 2006, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > BTW, reiserfs has similar build problems: it uses clear_page_dirty() > > so it won't build. > > Not any more. I fixed that one (very different issue, btw: it's not > actually doign writeout, it actually wanted to cancel IO on truncated > buffers. > > However, it's certainly possible that my fix hasn't mirrored out yet, I > pushed it just a couple of hours ago. So if you want to test it, here are > the two commits in question.. > > (The "cancel_dirty_page()" cleanup is needed not just to do reiserfs as a > module, it's also to make it more robust against reiserfs possibly feeding > that function with strange pages, and to match the other related functions > in the accounting functions). > > Len Brown tested the reiserfs changes, and claims that it was all good, > but if somebody wants to run fsx-linux or some other filesystem stress > testing tool that actually tests shared mmap (and truncate), that would be > really appreciated.
I ran fsx-linux on it for one hour... with no problems reported. --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/