linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCHv5 2/9] fs/buffer.c: Add generic_buffer

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Message-ID: <ZD4k3Sp7wDQu4wkU@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 22:04:29 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@...il.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
        Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Disha Goel <disgoel@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 2/9] fs/buffer.c: Add generic_buffer_fsync
 implementation

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 06:45:50PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Hum, I think the difference sync vs fsync is too subtle and non-obvious.

Agreed.

> I can see sensible pairs like:
> 
> 	__generic_buffers_fsync() - "__" indicates you should know what you
> 				are doing when calling this
> 	generic_buffers_fsync()
> 
> or
> 
> 	generic_buffers_fsync()
> 	generic_file_fsync() - difficult at this point as there's name
> 			       clash
> 
> or
> 
> 	generic_buffers_fsync_noflush()
> 	generic_buffers_fsync() - obvious what the default "safe" choice
> 				  is.
> 
> or something like that.

I'd prefer the last option as the most explicit one.