linux-kernel - Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 12/17] ocfs2: Update syncing after splicing to match generic version

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Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:40:09 -0700
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 12/17] ocfs2: Update syncing after
 splicing to match generic version

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:35:43AM -0700, Mark Fasheh wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 07:24:02PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Update ocfs2 specific splicing code to use generic syncing helper. The sync now
> > does not happen under rw_lock because generic_write_sync() acquires i_mutex
> > which ranks above rw_lock. That should not matter because standard fsync path
> > does not hold it either.
> 
> Thanks Jan,
> 
> Acked-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>

<aol>Me too!</aol>
Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@...cle.com>

Joel

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