Re: [PATCH -v7 2/2] Update ctime and mtime for memory-mapped files

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Mon Jan 21 2008 - 20:54:35 EST


On 22/01/2008, Anton Salikhmetov <salikhmetov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2008/1/22, Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Some very pedantic nitpicking below;
> >
> > On 22/01/2008, Anton Salikhmetov <salikhmetov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
> > > + if (file && (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) {
> > > + if (flags & MS_ASYNC)
> > > + vma_wrprotect(vma);
> > > + if (flags & MS_SYNC) {
> >
> > "else if" ??
>
> The MS_ASYNC and MS_SYNC flags are mutually exclusive, that is why I
> did not use the "else-if" here. Moreover, this function itself checks
> that they never come together.
>

I would say that them being mutually exclusive would be a reason *for*
using "else-if" here.

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