linux-kernel - Re: Status of buffered write path (deadlock fixes)

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Date:	Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:17:19 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
Cc:	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: Status of buffered write path (deadlock fixes)

Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au> writes:

> Finally, filesystems. Only OGAWA Hirofumi and Mark Fasheh have given much
> feedback so far. I've tried to grok ext2/3 and think they'll work OK, and
> have at least *looked* at all the rest. However in the worst case, there
> might be many subtle and different problems :( Filesystem developers need
> to review this, please. I don't want to cc every filesystem dev list, but
> if anybody thinks it would be helpful to forward this then please do.

BTW, there are still some from==to users.

	fs/affs/file.c:affs_truncate
	fs/hfs/extent.c:hfs_file_truncate
	fs/hfsplus/extents.c:hfsplus_file_truncate
	fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c:reiserfs_unpack

I'll see those this weekend.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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