linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] jbd jbd2: fix dio writereturningEIOwhentry_to_release

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Message-ID: <48A1BC99.1010802@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:38:49 -0700
From:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
To:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
CC:	Hisashi Hifumi <hifumi.hisashi@....ntt.co.jp>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] jbd jbd2: fix dio	writereturningEIOwhentry_to_release_page
 fails


> With that said, I don't have strong feelings against falling back to
> buffered IO when the invalidate fails.  Maybe Zach remembers something I
> don't?

Nothing surprising is immediately coming to mind, no.  I don't have
strong feelings against adding this case to the list of criteria that
causes it to fall back to buffered.

- z
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