Re: inode->i_dirty_buffers redundant ?

[Stephen C. Tweedie]

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:25:16PM +0530, V Ganesh wrote:
> now that we have inode->i_mapping->dirty_pages, what do we need
> inode->i_dirty_buffers for ?

Metadata.  Specifically, directory contents and indirection blocks.

--Stephen
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