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* question about buffer_head
@ 2003-04-04 11:14 K-MailNet
  2003-04-04 19:02 ` Andrew Morton
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From: K-MailNet @ 2003-04-04 11:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Hi ,
Could anybody explain me what this list content

buffer_head->b_assoc_buffers

In the kenel's  coments is writen  /* associated with another mapping */
I can't  clearly understand it
Does it contents others buffer_heads of the page or thomething else?

Thanks

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* Re: question about buffer_head
  2003-04-04 11:14 question about buffer_head K-MailNet
@ 2003-04-04 19:02 ` Andrew Morton
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2003-04-04 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: K-MailNet; +Cc: linux-kernel

"K-MailNet" <K-MailNet@yandex.ru> wrote:
>
> Hi ,
> Could anybody explain me what this list content
> 
> buffer_head->b_assoc_buffers
> 
> In the kenel's  coments is writen  /* associated with another mapping */
> I can't  clearly understand it
> Does it contents others buffer_heads of the page or thomething else?
> 

There are some comments in fs/buffer.c (search for b_assoc_buffers)
and also this changelog:

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/user=akpm/cset@1.373.169.4?nav=!-|index.html|stats|!+|index.html|ChangeSet@-2y

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