Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:51:15 -0400 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] block: all callers should check blkdev_issue_flush's return |
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:27:25AM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > It is concerning that a FLUSH may fail but the blkdev_issue_flush > callers assume it will always succeed. > > Each blkdev_issue_flush caller should come to terms with the reality > that a FLUSH may fail -- the file_operations' .fsync methods in > particular. nilfs2 is the only filesystem that checks > blkdev_issue_flush's return.
Good spot, but it would be way better if you actually provided patches to fix this instead of just adding more compiler warnings.
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