Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:50:33 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] exofs: simple fsync race fix |
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This is fine, we'll get it merged before 2.6.37, just give a couple of days for review, I haven't had much confirmation from other vfs people about these problems.
Thanks, Nick
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:52:08PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk> > > It is incorrect to test inode dirty bits without participating in the inode > writeback protocol. Inode writeback sets I_SYNC and clears I_DIRTY_?, then > writes out the particular bits, then clears I_SYNC when it is done. BTW. it > may not completely write all pages out, so I_DIRTY_PAGES would get set > again. >
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