Re: aio on ramfs

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

William Lee Irwin III <wli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> William Lee Irwin III <wli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >> +static int ramfs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
> >> +{
> >> +	return 0;
> >> +}
> 
> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:40:03AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> > Doesn't this break the magic of shrink_list()? I think it need the
> > "return WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;" at least.
> 
> In truth these things shouldn't be on the LRU at all, though they're
> probably blindly plopped down there. My handwavy argument was that it
> makes no sense to do anything with it on the LRU and that I'd nopped
> out ->set_page_dirty() anyhow (i.e. PG_dirty should never get set). Does
> that hold enough water or should I still hand back WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE?

I see. Sorry for noise.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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