Re: [CFT][PATCH] long-living cache for block devices

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:03:31 -0800 (PST)


On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> Logics looks so: upon the final close() we finish all pending
> IO and destroy all buffer_heads for device.

Why do yu care about destroying buffer-heads?

You might as well leave them active, I don't see what you win from trying
to get rid of them aggressively. They'll go away when the pages go away..

Linus

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