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

From: Arthur Jones
Date: Mon Nov 03 2008 - 15:59:13 EST


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)?

Arthur
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