linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] introduce I

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Message-ID: <20070516174747.GF8113@lazybastard.org>
Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 19:47:48 +0200
From:	Jörn Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Chinner <dgc@....com>,
	Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@....ac.uk>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] introduce I_SYNC

On Wed, 16 May 2007 10:15:35 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:01:14 +0200 Jörn Engel <joern@...ybastard.org> wrote:
> 
> > This patch introduces a new flag, I_SYNC and seperates out all sync()
> > users of I_LOCK to use the new flag instead.
> 
> gack, you like sticking your head in dark and dusty holes.

I don't remember enjoying the experience too much.  For a day or two I
was thinking about quitting and becoming a monk somewhere.

> If we're going to do this then please let's get some exhaustive commentary
> in there so that others have a chance of understanding these flags without
> having to do the amount of reverse-engineering which you've been put through.

Not sure how the monasteries would cope with that.

Jörn

-- 
I've never met a human being who would want to read 17,000 pages of
documentation, and if there was, I'd kill him to get him out of the
gene pool.
-- Joseph Costello
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