Re: (reiserfs) Re: RFC: Re: journal ports for 2.3?

[Stephen C. Tweedie]

Hi,

On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 02:37:48 +0300, Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:

>> > I completly agree to change mark_buffer_dirty() to call balance_dirty()
>> > before returning.

> How can we use a mark_buffer_dirty that calls balance_dirty in a
> place where we cannot call balance_dirty?

It shouldn't be impossible: as long as we are protected against
recursive invocations of balance_dirty (which should be easy to
arrange) we should be safe enough, at least if the memory reservation
bits of the VM/fs interaction are working so that the balance_dirty
can guarantee to run to completion.

--Stephen