linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] CacheFiles: Use the ->write() file op rather than a special kernel aop

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Date:	Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:57:19 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au, nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] CacheFiles: Use the ->write() file op rather than a special kernel aop

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:

> > +			if (!aops->bmap)
> >  				goto check_error;
> 
> What are you doing using bmap?  You really shouldn't call into it from
> anywhere but FIBMAP.  Yes, swap currently does but it's a major pain
> in the neck and Peter has been working on a proper interface for swap
> for a while.

Checking to see whether there's a hole in the file.  If there's a hole, that
represents data I need to fetch; if there isn't that represents data I have in
the cache.  I don't care _where_ the data is, only whether it exists or not.

David
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