[parisc-linux] Re: Problems with kernel mmap (failing tst-mmap-eofsync in glibc on parisc)

[David S. Miller]

On 23 Aug 2003 18:11:16 -0500
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 17:53, David S. Miller wrote:
> > How often do writes happen to files while private mappings
> > to it exist? :-)  This is one of the reasons I think this
> > discussion is a bit silly.
 ...
> Not having to flush the private mappings is a huge optimisation.

You're not answering my question :(

I know that when the case _DOES_ happen, your optimization is
worthwhile, my question is not about this.  My question is about
how often does this case happen.