linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/3] sysfs,kernfs: add flush operation

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Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:11:59 +0200
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	"Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] sysfs,kernfs: add flush operation

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 04:09:45PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> From: James Bottomley <JBottomley@...n.com>
> 
> This is necessary to allow sysfs operations to return error in close (we are
> using close to initiate and return a possible error from a transaction).
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@...n.com>

Are there any side-affects now that we have a flush() call for binary
files that the vfs will act differently from not defining one at all?

if not, no objection to me for this change.

thanks,

greg k-h
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