Messages in this thread | | | From | Amir Goldstein <> | Date | Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:15:28 +0300 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v5 09/10] fs: introduce new helper sync_fs_and_blockdev() |
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On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 4:08 PM Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net> wrote: > > Overlayfs needs to call upper layer's ->sync_fs > and __sync_blockdev() to sync metadata during syncfs(2). > > Currently, __sync_blockdev() does not export to module > so introduce new helper sync_fs_and_blockdev() to wrap > those operations.
Heads up: looks like __sync_blockdev() will be gone soon, but you will have other exported symbols that overlayfs can use
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20211019062530.2174626-1-hch@lst.de/T/
Thanks, Amir.
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