Re: PATCH 2.4.0.11.4: loopback block device fixes

2000-11-14 Thread Alexander Viro
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Since I am not a block device expert, I am interested to know if > these fixes look ok, and if they fix the reported loopback deadlocks. > > I added calls to deactive_page and flush_dcache_page, and made sure > that any error returns were propagated ba

PATCH 2.4.0.11.4: loopback block device fixes

2000-11-14 Thread Jeff Garzik
Since I am not a block device expert, I am interested to know if these fixes look ok, and if they fix the reported loopback deadlocks. I added calls to deactive_page and flush_dcache_page, and made sure that any error returns were propagated back to the caller. This is UNTESTED but it looks ok t