On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:48:22 -0800 Zach Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> So reiser and NFS need to be fixed. No? > > > > Actually, it is rather mmap() needs to be fixed. > > Sure, I'm willing to have that demonstrated. My point was that DIO > getting the mmap_sem inside i_mutex is currently correct. > > reiserfs, though, seems to be out on a more precarious limb ;). reiserfs is doing tail packing during the file_release call, which has lots of advantages for removing complexity in file_write. Without getting into a huge patch, the best fix would just be switching to try lock. If the tail doesn't get packed, the world doesn't end. -chris - 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/
