Re: [PATCH v6 RESEND 0/2] vfs: have syncfs() return error when there are writeback errors

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:51:53 -0400 Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just a resend since this hasn't been picked up yet. No real changes
> from the last set (other than adding Jan's Reviewed-bys). Latest
> cover letter follows:

I see no cover letter here.

> 
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> v6:
> - use READ_ONCE to ensure that compiler doesn't optimize away local var
> 
> The only difference from v5 is the change to use READ_ONCE to fetch the
> bd_super pointer, to ensure that the compiler doesn't refetch it
> afterward. Many thanks to Jan K. for the explanation!
> 
> Jeff Layton (2):
>   vfs: track per-sb writeback errors and report them to syncfs
>   buffer: record blockdev write errors in super_block that it backs

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200207170423.377931-1-jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx

has suitable-looking words, but is it up to date?