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From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@samsung.com>
To: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] f2fs: do not skip writing file meta during fsync
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:18:33 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1364343513.29882.7.camel@kjgkr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKYAXd_z6oWgrRj3dQ=_OieZ1twnoQqhGLaQah5rp_j9ge858A@mail.gmail.com>

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2013-03-26 (화), 09:48 +0900, Namjae Jeon:
> 2013/3/25, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@samsung.com>:
> > This patch removes data_version check flow during the fsync call.
> > The original purpose for the use of data_version was to avoid writng inode
> > pages redundantly by the fsync calls repeatedly.
> Hi Jaegeuk.
> > However, when user can modify file meta and then call fsync, we should not
> > skip fsync procedure.
> I have a question.
> Which case does user can directly modify meta ? Recovery tool ?

The meta means the inode information like atime, mtime, size, and so on,
which can be modified by setattr() or something other vfs apis.
Thanks,

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > So, let's remove this condition check and hope that user triggers in right
> > manner.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@samsung.com>
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Jaegeuk Kim
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-27  0:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-24 23:40 [PATCH 1/4] f2fs: fix the recovery flow to handle errors correctly Jaegeuk Kim
2013-03-24 23:40 ` [PATCH 2/4] f2fs: do not skip writing file meta during fsync Jaegeuk Kim
2013-03-26  0:48   ` Namjae Jeon
2013-03-27  0:18     ` Jaegeuk Kim [this message]
2013-03-27  0:57       ` Namjae Jeon
2013-03-27  1:18         ` Jaegeuk Kim
2013-03-27  1:28           ` Namjae Jeon
2013-03-24 23:40 ` [PATCH 3/4] f2fs: remain nat cache entries for further free nid allocation Jaegeuk Kim
2013-03-26  0:49   ` Namjae Jeon
2013-03-24 23:40 ` [PATCH 4/4] f2fs: fix to give correct parent inode number for roll forward Jaegeuk Kim
2013-03-27  1:34   ` Namjae Jeon
2013-03-25  6:30 ` [PATCH 1/4] f2fs: fix the recovery flow to handle errors correctly Namjae Jeon
2013-03-25  7:49   ` Jaegeuk Kim
2013-03-26  0:44     ` Namjae Jeon

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