linux-kernel - Re: [patch] mm: export cancel_dirty

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612211652580.3536@woody.osdl.org>
Date:	Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:54:26 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mm: export cancel_dirty_page()



On Fri, 22 Dec 2006, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> ah, indeed - but i dont see a fundamental reason why hugetlbfs is not 
> modular. Nevertheless exporting this makes sense. My quick hack below to 
> guess to convert reiserfs (just to make the rpm build) also needs it.

Yes, it should be exported regardless.

Hoiwever, I'm not sure your reiserfs change is valid: why was that old 
code testing "PAGE_SIZE == bh->b_size"?

(Not that I see why the _old_ code would be valid either, and why you'd 
ever care about b_size being PAGE_SIZE, but I'm just wondering..)

		Linus
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