Re: mark_inode_dirty question

2000-12-16 Thread Jani Monoses
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:47:16PM +0200, Jani Monoses wrote: > > mark_inode_dirty and mark_inode_dirty_sync .Could the i_state be changed > > during the call (on another CPU)? > > no because you're protected by the inode_lock. > > Andrea > Tha

Re: mark_inode_dirty question

2000-12-16 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:47:16PM +0200, Jani Monoses wrote: > mark_inode_dirty and mark_inode_dirty_sync .Could the i_state be changed > during the call (on another CPU)? no because you're protected by the inode_lock. Andrea - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ker

mark_inode_dirty question

2000-12-16 Thread Jani Monoses
Hi Al, I see that ( (inode->i_state & flags) != flags ) checked in __mark_inode_dirty as well as before it is called in mark_inode_dirty and mark_inode_dirty_sync .Could the i_state be changed during the call (on another CPU)? Thanks Jani. - To unsubscribe from this list: se