Re: [PATCH RFC] fat: use write_inode_now() on flush to avoid racing the flusher

[Bryanna Marihugh]

On 10/29/26 3:11 PM, Matheus Alves de Almeida wrote:
> I Agree with OGAWA.
>
> Also, since writeback_inode() will just be a call to
> write_inode_now(), couldn't this helper be removed and instead
> write_inode_now() be called directly?

I answered OGAWA with numbers from more drives and offered to drop
the wait in v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/457c34c8-b52f-41c6-8b58-ed334b0dc483@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

I have not contributed before, so I was being cautious and went for a
1 line edit, as I was not sure of the protocol on removing functions.
I will remove writeback_inode() and call write_inode_now() directly in
fat_flush_inodes() in v2, once there is a decision on the wait.

Thanks,
Bryanna