linux-kernel - Re: mmap vs mtime in 2.6.26 and up

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Date:	Fri, 15 May 2009 12:50:54 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, xfs@....sgi.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Anton Salikhmetov <salikhmetov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: mmap vs mtime in 2.6.26 and up

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 06:40:29PM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Thanks for the analysis.  Unfortunately I don't nearly know enough to
> work on this issue, but would like to track it as it affects our
> backup system.  So, shouldn't #2645 be reopened again?

Yes, definitively as the current "fix" is incorrected.  I'll try to cook
up a correct version once I get some time.

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