Re: set_page_dirty vs set_page_dirty_lock

[Jens Axboe]

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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