linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/3] jbd2: optimize jbd2_journal_force

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Message-ID: <20130613004224.GA14627@thunk.org>
Date:	Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:42:24 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] jbd2: optimize jbd2_journal_force_commit V3

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 08:40:59PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> Current implementation of jbd2_journal_force_commit() is suboptimal because
> result in empty and useless commits. But callers just want to force and wait
> any unfinished commits. We already has jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested()
> which does exactly what we want, except we are guaranteed that we do not hold
> journal transaction open.
> 
> Changes since V3 to V2
>  - API changes according to Jan's comments
>  - make __jbd2_journal_force_commit() static
> 
> Changes since V2 to V1
>  - Fix incorrect return value  according to Jan's comments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>

Applied, thanks.

						- Ted
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