linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] introduce sys_syncfs to sync a single file system

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Message-Id: <BA67B1FD-F3B2-463E-9E09-FAAB01BFE479@mit.edu>
Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:22:44 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
To:	Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>
Cc:	"Sage Weil" <sage@...dream.net>, "Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@...il.com>,
	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	mtk.manpages@...il.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, hch@....de,
	l@...per.es
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] introduce sys_syncfs to sync a single file system


On Mar 14, 2011, at 5:27 AM, Indan Zupancic wrote:

> 
> Your new syncfs also operates on files, it's only the name of sync_file_range
> which is not very fitting. Other than that, syncing files in weird, nonstandard
> ways is what it does and in that sense it's a good place for syncfs functionality.

It operates on a file system.  It takes a file descriptor as an argument.  (Much
like the statfs(2) system call.)  There's a difference. 

- Ted

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