The gap list is a list of holes in the file which was used on irix for
managing coherency between different parts of the I/O path. It is not
used in the linux implementation due to the different buffering and
locking strategies used.
Date: Fri Apr 20 07:51:29 PDT 2001
Workarea: jen.americas.sgi.com:/src/lord/xfs-base
The following file(s) were checked into:
bonnie.engr.sgi.com:/isms/slinx/2.4.x-xfs
Modid: 2.4.x-xfs:slinx:93032a
linux/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c - 1.338
- remove all reference to the gap list - we are not using it at all
in linux.
linux/fs/xfs/xfs_vfsops.c - 1.315
- remove setup and teardown for the gap zone, not used on linux
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