linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] fs: global sync to not clear error status of individual inodes

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Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:02:54 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Junichi Nomura <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"fengguang.wu@...el.com" <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	"tony.luck@...el.com" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"david@...morbit.com" <david@...morbit.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] fs: global sync to not clear error status of
 individual inodes

On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 16:37:24 +0200 Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:

> > This patch adds filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors() for call sites where
> > writeback error is not handled so that they don't clear error status.
> 
> Patch looks good to me. 
> 

Me too.

It would be nice to capture the test case(s) somewhere permanent. 
Possibly in tools/testing/selftests, but selftests is more for peculiar
linux-specific things.  LTP or xfstests would be a better place.
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