linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] ext4: Add fdatasync scalability optimization

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Message-ID: <87oateq4e5.fsf@openvz.org>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:25:54 +0400
From:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] ext4: Add fdatasync scalability optimization

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> writes:

> Much of the bookkeeping here seems generic and should be in common
> code and not inside a filesystem.
Yes. But this means that I need to store flush_id inside generic inode
which likely will be accepted negatively because VFS people do not like
inode bloating. But if you are OK then I'll prepare the patch.

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