Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:34:43 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] cleanup for fixing get_super() races |
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Alexander Viro wrote: > > Fine with me. Actually in _all_ cases execept cdrom.c it's preceded by > either sync_dev() or fsync_dev(). What do you think about pulling that > into the same function?
I'd actually prefer not. I don't think it makes sense from a conceptual standpoint, and I think drivers could validly say "syncing this device at this point is _wrong_".
Linus
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