linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fsync: wait for data writeout completion before calling ->fsync

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Message-ID: <20090902223739.GE7729@mail.oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:37:39 -0700
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsync: wait for data writeout completion before
 calling ->fsync

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 12:18:38AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>  - ocfs2_sync_file:
> 
> 	does it's own data writeback, but no wait.  probably needs the wait.

	The journal force commit will wait in ordered mode.  In
writeback mode we currently allow the usual writeback problem.

Joel

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