Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:44:51 +0200 | From | Boaz Harrosh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] exofs: simple fsync race fix |
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On 11/25/2010 01:50 PM, Nick Piggin wrote: > 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 >
Hi Dear Nick.
So I was cleaning the table and I fell on this patch. What ever happened to it? should I push it through my tree?
Thanks Boaz
> 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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