On Thu, Dec 08 2005, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> It can be very inconvenient (I don't know what to do for drivers/scsi/sg.c
> than set_page_dirty and hope for the best, since it cannot wait for a lock
> where it needs to). But I'm afraid you do have the very case where
> set_page_dirty_lock is appropriate.
See bio_set_pages_dirty() in fs/bio.c and the framework for handling
those (notably bio_dirty_fn()).
> Many would be pleased if we could manage without set_page_dirty_lock.
Indeed, would make life easier there as well..
--
Jens Axboe
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