>> Which means that we would have to buffer the whole new file until the file
>> gets closed. And _then_ proceed with parsing. AFAIK, the write syscall will
>> translate into one ->write op if the size is <= PAGE_SIZE.
>
>Yes, but as long as we stick to <=PAGE_SIZE, which I hope we'll never go
>above, then there's a much smaller chance that pdflush will kick off a
>->write page event on a partial set.
>
FTR, I think mount options are limited to PAGE_SIZE too, so it looks like 
an ioctl is the only way for funky configurations.


Jan Engelhardt
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