generic_file_write code segment in 2.2.18

2001-01-03 Thread Asang K Dani
hi everyone, I was trying to understand following piece of code in 'generic_file_read' (mm/filemap.c) for 2.2.18 kernel. The code segment is as follows: dest = (char *) page_address(page) + offset;

Re: generic_file_write code segment in 2.2.18

2001-01-04 Thread Asang K Dani
--- Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 10:42:34PM +, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > > No, because then you'd be skipping the updatepage() call if we > took a > > fault mid-copy after copying some data. That would imply you had > > dirtied the page cache without an up

Re: generic_file_write code segment in 2.2.18

2001-01-04 Thread Asang K Dani
--- Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:58:58PM -0800, Asang K Dani wrote: > > --- Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 10:42:34PM +, Stephen C. Tweedie > wrote: > > > > No, because th