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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Kavita Kulkarni <Kavita_Kulkarni@qualexsystems.com>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: issue of ext3_file_write function & remote shares
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:03:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090213140307.GC10683@mini-me.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1234529184.3927.3.camel@Q0405CPU53.qualexsystems.com>

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 06:16:24PM +0530, Kavita Kulkarni wrote:
> The "ext3_file_write" function in the file
> "/usr/src/linux-source/fs/ext3/file.c" is called whenever a file is
> accessed/modified.

That's where you're wrong.  Files can also be modified via mmap(), and
file modifications that take place after files are memory mapped and
then modified via their memory mappings do not go through
ext3_file_write.

					- Ted

  reply	other threads:[~2009-02-13 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-13 12:46 issue of ext3_file_write function & remote shares Kavita Kulkarni
2009-02-13 14:03 ` Theodore Tso [this message]
2009-02-13 15:59 ` Eric Sandeen
2009-02-16  6:33   ` Kavita Kulkarni

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