Re: [PATCH] blkdev: flush disk cache on ->fsync

[Jens Axboe]

On Tue, Oct 13 2009, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 05:07:13PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 10 2009, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > Is anyone going to pick up this patch?
> > 
> > I can pick it up for .33. I think it looks good, but it's probably
> > something we should add up front.
> 
> Given that it's impossible to get data to a raw block device reliably
> without this I think it's .32 material.  Especially given how small
> the patch is and how long it's been out there..

Yes I agree, but it's also not a regression since this has been the
situation for eternity. So why not just accept .33 and we can push it to
-stable after that?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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