linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/13] aio: enabled thread based async fsync

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:30:18 -0500
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] aio: enabled thread based async fsync

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:11:28PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 05:07:23PM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> > Enable a fully asynchronous fsync and fdatasync operations in aio using
> > the aio thread queuing mechanism.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <ben.lahaise@...acesystems.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
> 
> Insufficient. Needs the range to be passed through and call
> vfs_fsync_range(), as I implemented here:

Noted.

> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/28/878

Please at least Cc the aio list in the future on aio patches, as I do
not have the time to read linux-kernel these days unless prodded to do
so...

		-ben

> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.
> -- 
> Dave Chinner
> david@...morbit.com

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