linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bdi_sync_writeback should WB_SYNC

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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:47:20 -0400
From:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bdi_sync_writeback should WB_SYNC_NONE first

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:10:14AM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> At unmount time, we do writeback in two stages.  First we call
> sync_filesystems with wait == 0, and then we call it with wait == 1.
> 
> When wait == 1, WB_SYNC_ALL is used.  WB_SYNC_ALL will pass wait == 1 to
> the filesystem write_inode function if the inode was I_DIRTY_SYNC, and
> the filesystem write_inode function is then expected to commit the
> running transaction.
> 
> The new bdi threads try to keep this two stage writeback, but the
> problem is that they do it by calling bdi_writeback_all, which just
> kicks a few procs here and there and returns.
> 

And I can't reproduce any problems with mainline today.  ENOTABUG.

-chris

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