linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Make block_page_mkwrite() handle frozen fs (V2)

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2011 11:00:22 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, tytso@....edu,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Make block_page_mkwrite() handle frozen fs (V2)

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 05:17:59PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> 
>   Hi,
> 
>   this is a second version of my patches which rewrite ext4_page_mkwrite() to
> use generic helper. When we are already changing this code, I also added proper
> handling of frozen filesystem there in patch 2/3. I've incorporated suggestions
> from Christoph in the patches which resulted in some patch reorg. I'd like to
> get these patches reviewed and then get them merged possibly via ext4-tree
> (although the first two patches might go via Al but that would complicate
> merging of ext4 part where I expect more conflicts with ongoing work).

Do you want me to generate a patch to add wait_on_page_writeback to the
appropriate place(s) in your new *_page_mkwrite functions, or do you plan to
add them yourself?

(iow: is there an order for pushing these ext4_page_mkwrite changes?)

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