Re: [PATCH take 2 01/28] VFS: introduce writeback_inodes_sb()

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 07 May 2008 14:14:41 +0300 Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > This looks rather similar to
> > http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/reiser4-sb_sync_inodes.patch
> > 
> > Which is best?
> 
> Well, this reiser4 patch is basically doing 3 things at once:
> 1. Introduce ->sync_inodes()
> 2. Move spin_lock(&inode_lock);
> 3. Export generic_sync_sb_inodes()
> 
> As Christoph suggested, I've attached a patch which just moves the
> spinlock. Could you please consider sending it to Linus or taking into your tree?

I already added gti-ubifs.patch to the -mm lineup.  I haven't yet tried
pulling, merging or compiling it.

I'd suggest that you just retain this patch in your tree.

> Should I amend the reiser4 patch correspondingly for you?

That would be nice, if you have time, thanks.

> Also, what do you think about taking UBIFS into your tree?

I take git trees pretty promiscuously, to get them a bit more exposure and
merge/build testing.

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