Re: Oops in 2.2.15 with NWFS using the Linux Buffer Cache SMP

From: Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 09:54:47 EST

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Hi,

On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 03:16:50AM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
> Is it required that I hold the kernel lock with lock_kernel() over the
> Linux Buffer Cache when doing I/O to it in 2.2.15?

Yes, the bulk of the 2.2 VFS is still single-threaded.

--Stephen

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