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Re: invalidate: busy-buffer
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Andrew Clausen |
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Re: invalidate: busy-buffer |
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Fri, 22 Feb 2002 06:17:08 +1100 |
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On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:38:42PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> No, this is a recent "addition" to the kernel. Basically, it happens
> when you try BLKFSLBUF on a device that has locked and/or dirty buffers
> that cannot be flushed. On any ext2/ext3 (or probably other filesystems)
> the kernel is holding buffers busy that cannot be dropped.
Hmmm, so it looks like _flush_cache() (in libparted/linux.c) shouldn't
flush on mounted devices. (It's probably pointless anyway)
Andrew