Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Stop clearing uptodate flag on write IO error
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2012-01-15 02:19:02
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On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Jan Kara [off-list ref] wrote:
for mostly historical reasons we still clear buffer_uptodate flag on write IO errors. This is not only semantically wrong (buffer still has correct data in it)
That statement is so nonsensical that I can't get past it.
When you understand why it is nonsensical, you understand why the bit
is cleared.
Feel free to bring this up again without that idiotic statement as an argument.
Linus