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Re: [highmem bug report against -test5 and -test6] Re: [PATCH] Re: simple FS application that hangs 2.4-test5, mem mgmt problem or FS buffer cache mgmt problem? (fwd)
On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 08:01:42PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> Eeeeeek. So pages /cannot/ lose their buffer heads ???
Page cache can definitely lose its page->buffers. page->buffers is protected by
the per-page lock. The test8 locking is completly correct.
Andrea
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