Re: correction: fs/buffer.c underlocking async pages

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Date: Thu Jun 21 2001 - 11:56:04 EST


On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> I think the patch is ok. We must have a way to track down which bh are
> actually getting read,

We _do_ have a way. The way is called "bh->b_end_io == end_io_async".

What's the problem with the existing code, and why do people want to add a
(unnecessary) new bit?

                Linus

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