linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/4] vfs: add set_page_dirty

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Message-Id: <1234534150.6519.101.camel@twins>
Date:	Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:09:10 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Ryan Hope <rmh3093@...il.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ReiserFS Mailing List <reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] vfs: add set_page_dirty_notag

On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 16:57 +0300, Edward Shishkin wrote:
> >
> > Eew, so reiser4 will totally side-step the regular vm inode
> writeback
> > paths -- or is this fixed by a more elaborate than usual
> > a_ops->writepages() ?
> >   
> The second.
> 
> reiser4_writepages() catches the anonymous  (tagged)
> pages, captures them mandatory, then commits all atoms
> of the file.

OK, can you then make it painfully clear in the function comment, esp.
since you export this function?
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