Re: Why we need delayed allocation!

Alex Tomas writes:
 > 
 > that's very good point. thanks for notice and explanation.
 > at present, I use ->writepages(), not ->writepage() to find/allocate
 > extents. judging from sources, ->writepages() isn't used during memory
 > pressure.

So, what happens when ->writepage() (singular) is called on a page that
is in the middle of the "unallocated extent"?

 > 

[M-x skip]

 > 

Nikita.

 > 


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