Re: [PATCH] ext3: wait on all pending commits in ext3_sync_fs

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:58:54 -0800
Arthur Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Andrew, ...
> 
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 12:37:50PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > [...]
> > OK.  But still, questions remain.
> > 
> > - should we clear s_dirt if log_wait_commit() didn't work?
> > 
> > - ext3_force_commit() clears s_dirt also
> > 
> > - should ext3_sync_fs() be dropping the ext3_force_commit() return
> >   value on the floor?
> 
> - does ext4 have a similar issue (ext4_sync_fs looks the same)?
> 

I'm sure it does.  Someone(tm) should prepare the ext4 patch once we've
settled on the ext3 patch.
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