RE: bdflush & page cache

Peter J. Braam (braam@cs.cmu.edu)
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:48:18 -0600


Hi Stephen,

> Stephen:
>> Peter (braam@cs.cmu.edu) wrote:
>> A) introduce "sync_inode_pages" into the sync_dev function.

> Sure, that makes a great deal of sense.

Great!

After I sent my message last night, I did realize that this should probably
be done through a new inode method, since many file systems will elect NOT
to have their pages flushed by the daemon.

Agree? Shall I make a patch for this or does it require more discussion?

- Peter -

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