It is easy to do with a hack or two. That is exactly the approach I
am taking, there are some code that uses this right now on the linux
kernel that is checked-in at the gnome cvs repository (www.gnome.org
has details on accessing the anon-cvs repository).
The idea is that any modified block instead of getting dirtied is gets
locked and put on a list of "held" blocks. When a transaction is
finished, the corresponding log records are written and once the log
records are all known to have reached the disk, then the lock is
removed from the modified buffer heads and they are actually dirtied.
There are two ways of doing this: a separate kernel thread can use
syncronous writes with respect to the log (and thus known when the log
contents have reached the disk) or using a callback mechanism (by
using the buffer head finished-io callbacks).
best wishes,
Miguel.
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