From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, salikhmetov@gmail.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org, jakob@unthought.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu,
riel@redhat.com, ksm@42.dk, staubach@redhat.com,
jesper.juhl@gmail.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
protasnb@gmail.com, r.e.wolff@bitwizard.nl,
hidave.darkstar@gmail.com, hch@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v8 3/4] Enable the MS_ASYNC functionality in sys_msync()
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:11:36 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0801231610220.2803@woody.linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1JHpaa-0004a9-8B@pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-24 0:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-22 23:21 [PATCH -v8 0/4] Fixing the issue with memory-mapped file times Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-22 23:21 ` [PATCH -v8 1/4] Massive code cleanup of sys_msync() Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-22 23:21 ` [PATCH -v8 2/4] Update ctime and mtime for memory-mapped files Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-23 18:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-23 23:14 ` Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-22 23:21 ` [PATCH -v8 3/4] Enable the MS_ASYNC functionality in sys_msync() Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-23 8:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-01-23 8:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-01-23 9:34 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-23 9:51 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-23 13:09 ` Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-23 12:53 ` Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-23 9:41 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-23 17:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-23 17:26 ` Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-23 17:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-01-23 19:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-23 19:55 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-23 21:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-23 21:16 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-23 21:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-23 22:29 ` Hugh Dickins
2008-01-23 22:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-24 0:03 ` Hugh Dickins
2008-01-24 0:05 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-24 0:11 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2008-01-24 1:36 ` Nick Piggin
2008-01-24 18:56 ` Matt Mackall
2008-01-22 23:21 ` [PATCH -v8 4/4] The design document for memory-mapped file times update Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-23 9:26 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-23 10:37 ` Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-23 10:53 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-23 11:16 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-23 12:25 ` Anton Salikhmetov
2008-01-23 13:55 ` Miklos Szeredi
2008-01-25 16:27 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-01-25 16:40 ` Anton Salikhmetov
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