Re: [PATCH] Re: kernel BUG at buffer.c:827 in test12-pre6 and 7

From: Andries Brouwer (aeb@veritas.com)
Date: Sat Dec 09 2000 - 07:56:59 EST


On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 05:40:47AM -0500, Alexander Viro wrote:

> > @@ -1210,7 +1204,6 @@
> [breada()]
> Umm... why do we keep it, in the first place? AFAICS the only
> in-tree user is hpfs_map_sector() and it doesn't look like we really
> need it there. OTOH, trimming the buffer.c down is definitely nice.
> Mikulas?

Throw it out. The number of users has diminished over time.
Recently isofs stopped using breada.
The hpfs use was broken, I fixed it a bit some time ago, but
there is nothing against throwing it out altogether, I think.

Andries
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