Re: [PATCH] address_space_operations unification

From: Manfred Spraul (manfreds@colorfullife.com)
Date: Sun May 07 2000 - 13:14:44 EST

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Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> Let's say that you really start having meta-data in an address_space.
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What about symlinks? AFAIKS, they are already in the page cache.

And what about using a pointer to the address_space structure itself as
a parameter to the address_space_operations? That structure always
exists, and I don't see the advantage of maintaining
address_space->file->d_entry->d_inode->i_mapping.

-- Manfred

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