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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:19:29 -0500 From: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Arthur Jones <ajones@...erbed.com>, sandeen@...hat.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, sct@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: wait on all pending commits in ext3_sync_fs On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 01:13:13PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:58:54 -0800 > Arthur Jones <ajones@...erbed.com> wrote: > > > Hi Andrew, ... > > > > On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:37:50PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > [...] > > > OK. But still, questions remain. > > > > > > - should we clear s_dirt if log_wait_commit() didn't work? > > > > > > - ext3_force_commit() clears s_dirt also > > > > > > - should ext3_sync_fs() be dropping the ext3_force_commit() return > > > value on the floor? Should all the callers of ->sync_fs also be dropping the error returns on the floor? > > > > - does ext4 have a similar issue (ext4_sync_fs looks the same)? > > > > I'm sure it does. Someone(tm) should prepare the ext4 patch once we've > settled on the ext3 patch. I'll take care of it. And I would reflect the error returns up to ext3_sync_fs's callers, although at the moment it's not clear it would make much of a difference. :-( - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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