Subject: Re: superblock not re-read on update (Was: i386 1.4Q hangs nonrandomly?)
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/31/2000 12:39:25
Simon Burge wrote:
> Maybe something like
>
> mount(..., ..., MNT_UPDATE | MNT_REREADSUPER, ...)
Arguably, the super block should be re-read EVERY time we update
ro mode to rw mode. Filesystem code should take care of it,
modifying each caller to care of it is .... suboptimal.
Jaromir
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