> int
> cwfree(Device *dev, Off addr)
> {
>       int state;
> 
>       if(dev->type == Devcw) {
>               state = cwio(dev, addr, 0, Ofree);
>               if(state != Cdirty)
>                       return 1;       /* do not put in freelist */
>       }
>       return 0;                       /* put in freelist */
> }
> 
> now, such a Cdirty block could just sit in the freelist for a while no?
> while the filesystem does many dump generations. if that Cdirty block
> becomes part of the filesystem again because it is allocated, then
> the next cwrecur() should pick it up and call split() on it.

why wouldn't it be marked for dump on the very
first dump?

- erik

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