Re: [patch] bug fix in dio handling write error - v2

From: Zach Brown
Date: Mon Mar 20 2006 - 16:25:54 EST



> Taking one of your earlier idea, how about the following patch: separating
> out IO completion code from partial IO tracking?

I like that, and I think it closes the lost write error hole. Could we
call it something like io_errno, though? "completion_code" to me sounds
like -ve errno or +ve bytes read.

I think there are still bugs dealing with errors, but I guess we can
tackle them with seperate patches.

- z
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