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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0801231610220.2803@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:11:36 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, salikhmetov@...il.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	jakob@...hought.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	valdis.kletnieks@...edu, riel@...hat.com, ksm@...dk,
	staubach@...hat.com, jesper.juhl@...il.com,
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	hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v8 3/4] Enable the MS_ASYNC functionality in
 sys_msync()



On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> 
> But I still think this approach should work.  Untested, might eat your
> children, so please don't apply to any kernel.

Yes, something like that should work.

The important part is to not do the "TestClearPageDirty()" separately, the 
rest of it can be done well enough.

		Linus
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