Re: [PATCH] Optimize wait_sb_inodes()

[Daniel Phillips]

Hi Dave,

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You have your own wait code, that doesn't make what the VFS does
> unnecesary. Quite frankly, I don't trust individual filesystems to
> get it right - there's a long history of filesystem specific data
> sync problems (including in XFS), and the best way to avoid that is
> to ensure the VFS gets it right for you.

I agree that some of the methods Tux3 uses to implement data integrity, sync
and friends may be worth lifting up to core, or better, to a library,
but we will
all be better served if such methods are given time to mature first. After all,
that basically describes the entire evolution of the VFS: new concepts start
in a filesystem, prove themselves useful, then may be lifted up to be shared.

It is important to get the order right: prove first, then lift.

Regards,

Daniel
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