Re: [PATCH -v8 3/4] Enable the MS_ASYNC functionality insys_msync()

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Wed Jan 23 2008 - 19:13:13 EST




On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>
> But I still think this approach should work. Untested, might eat your
> children, so please don't apply to any kernel.

Yes, something like that should work.

The important part is to not do the "TestClearPageDirty()" separately, the
rest of it can be done well enough.

Linus
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