Re: page aging for _BUFFER_ cache?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 18:00:59 +0000 (GMT)


> Perhaps it would help to clear the touched bit for a buffer after updating the
> page cache following a write? Assuming that the b_count of a data buffer goes to
> 0 quickly following the write, clearing the touched bit would make the page seem

And not to do this to page which was written back for a partial file system
write of the block - or some apps are going to potentially suffer ?

Alan

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