linux-kernel - Re: msync(2) bug(?), returns AOP_WRITEPAGE

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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:09:16 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Neil Brown" <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	"Hugh Dickins" <hugh@...itas.com>,
	"Erez Zadok" <ezk@...sunysb.edu>, "Ryan Finnie" <ryan@...nie.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	cjwatson@...ntu.com, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: msync(2) bug(?), returns AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE to userland

Hi,

On 10/26/07, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:
> It seems that the new requirement is that if the address_space
> chooses not to write out the page, it should now call SetPageActive().
> If that is the case, I think it should be explicit in the
> documentation - please?

Agreed.
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