Re: [PATCH] fs: push i_mutex and filemap_write_and_wait down into->fsync() handlers

[Christoph Hellwig]

> -int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
> +int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
>  {
>  	struct inode *bd_inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
>  	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bd_inode);
> @@ -389,14 +389,10 @@ int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
>  	 * i_mutex and doing so causes performance issues with concurrent
>  	 * O_SYNC writers to a block device.
>  	 */
> -	mutex_unlock(&bd_inode->i_mutex);
> -

Now that i_mutex on entry isn't held the comment above can be removed.

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