Re: [PATCH RFC] __bd_forget should wait for inodes using the mapping

From: viro
Date: Thu Jun 17 2004 - 21:12:18 EST


On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 09:54:28PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> __bd_forget will change the mapping for filesystem inodes without
> waiting to make sure no users of the block device address space are
> using that mapping.

Filesystem block device inodes have no business even looking at their
->i_mapping. Where do you need to do that?
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