On Wednesday 10 August 2005 23:13, David Howells wrote: > Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...kill PG_checked please :) Or at least keep it from spreading. > > > > It already spread - ext3 is using it and I think reiser4. I thought I > > had a patch to rename it to PG_misc1 or somesuch, but no. It's mandate > > becomes "filesystem-specific page flag". > > You're carrying a patch to stick a flag called PG_fs_misc, but that has the > same value as PG_checked. An extra page flag beyond PG_uptodate, PG_lock > and PG_writeback is required to make readpage through the cache > non-synchronous.
David, Interesting, have you got a pointer to a full explanation? Is this about aio? Regards, Daniel - 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/
