Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:31:49 +0100 (CET) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] introduce sys_syncfs to sync a single file system | From | "Indan Zupancic" <> |
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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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