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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] introduce sys_syncfs to sync a single file system
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On Sat, March 12, 2011 19:31, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On 03/11/2011 10:50 PM, Indan Zupancic wrote:
>> If sync(2) didn't exist and people wanted to add it I'd complain too. This
>> has all the problems of sync(2), but with the "not sure if all the files are
>> on the file system I think" problem added.
>
> You are decades too late, then...

I know.

> sync_file_range() is not appropriate because that works on only one fd.
>
> The new syscall is fine, and addresses a need.

The new syscall works on only one fd too. The behaviour of the proposed
syncfs and an extended sync_file_range is exactly the same.

Greetings,

Indan




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