Re: RFC: Metadata caching and block device "hangup"

From: Steve Dodd (steved@loth.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sun Jun 18 2000 - 10:52:46 EST


On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 05:24:38PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote:

> Another thing rms pointed out was the issue of open files and pending
> mmap()s. Is there a standards-compliant way to revoke file handles and
> mmap()s? (Keep in mind glibc implements fopen() via mmap()) Would it be an
> option to invent a new signal for that (default behaviour: kill app)?

For mmap()s at least, the application already gets SIGBUS if an I/O fails
in do_no_page(), doesn't it?

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