linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] add the fsblock layer

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Message-ID: <20070630104002.GA24123@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:40:02 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
Cc:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] add the fsblock layer

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 12:34:26PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> That would require a new inode and address_space for the fsblock
> type blockdev pagecache, wouldn't it?

Yes.  That's easily possible, XFS already does it for it's own
buffer cache.

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