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Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 11:27:52 +0200 From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> To: Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Rewrite ext4_page_mkwrite, fix fs freezing On Tue 10-05-11 20:30:12, Ted Tso wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:29:31AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > > > following three patches reimplement ext4_page_mkwrite() so that it returns > > locked pages (which is necessary for stable pages work and also for fixing of > > freezing code). As a bonus we also avoid taking i_alloc_sem as it's not > > necessary and use generic block_page_mkwrite() helper. The common delalloc > > path should be more straightforward now. > > How does this relate to Darrick Wong's patches? Are your patches in > addition to or instead of his? It's in addition to those (although with my patches, a generic change to block_page_mkwrite() would be enough for ext4). If you plan to merge those now, I can rediff on top of those patches. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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