linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/56] mm: Export pdflush

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20081225010544.GB17410@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:05:44 -0800
From:	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
	joel.becker@...cle.com, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/56] mm: Export pdflush_operation()

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 04:01:04PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:48:00 -0800
> Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com> wrote:
> 
> > OCSF2 will need to queue up work for periodic syncing of quotas
> > among nodes in the cluster. pdflush() is good thread for this so
> > export it's controlling function so that OCFS2 can use it.
> 
> I trust that nothing will explode if pdflush_operation() fails
> to do anything and returns -1?

Hmm, Jan do you have any opinion here? I'm wondering if we just need our own
thread for this after all...
	--Mark

--
Mark Fasheh
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/