linux-ext4 - Re: [patch 4/8] mm: write_cache

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Date:	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:08:29 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Steven Whitehouse <steve@...gwyn.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, npiggin@...e.de,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 4/8] mm: write_cache_pages type overflow fix

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:05:35AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> 3) A version which (optionally via a flag in the wbc structure)
> instructs write_cache_pages() to not pursue those updates.  This has
> not been written yet.

This one sounds best to me (although we'd have to actualy see it..)
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