Hi, I know that the superblock contains a list of all the dirty inodes for the filesystem (e.g.. ext2). and inorder to do it we just need to call mark_inode_dirty() or mark_inode_dirty_sync(). However if the inode is not hashed it won't be added to the list and just the dirty flag will be set. (that is what the comment above those functions say). I want to know that if an inode has a dentry attached to it can I assume that it is always hashed and is safe to call mark_inode_dirty() on such inodes. Also if it doesn't have a dentry is doing the calls below sufficient and correct thing to do ? d_instantiate(dentry,inode); mark_inode_dirty(inode); Thanks & Regards, ******************************************** Manish Katiyar ( http://mkatiyar.googlepages.com ) 3rd Floor, Fair Winds Block EGL Software Park Off Intermediate Ring Road Bangalore 560071, India *********************************************** -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
