From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262943AbTDIJW0 (for ); Wed, 9 Apr 2003 05:22:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262947AbTDIJW0 (for ); Wed, 9 Apr 2003 05:22:26 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:42707 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262943AbTDIJWY (for ); Wed, 9 Apr 2003 05:22:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 11:33:47 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Andrew Morton Cc: Andre Hedrick , keitha@edp.fastfreenet.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bdflush flushing memory mapped pages. Message-ID: <20030409093347.GA1227@suse.de> References: <007601c2fecd$12209070$230110ac@kaws> <20030409022726.1ec93a0f.akpm@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030409022726.1ec93a0f.akpm@digeo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 09 2003, Andrew Morton wrote: > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > > > Funny you mention this point! > > > > I just spent 30-45 minutes on the phone talking to Jens about this very > > issue. Jens states he can map the model in to 2.5. and will give it a > > fling in a bit. This issue is a must; however, I had given up on the idea > > until 2.7. However, the issues he and I addressed, in combination to your > > request jive in sync. > > noooo..... This isn't going to happen. There are many reasons. [snip] This isn't Andres point at all. He wants a way to defer completion of requests to the block layer until you actually know they are on platter. I think he just tied it into this thread because it sort-of deals with deferred errors as well. -- Jens Axboe