From: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: npiggin@kernel.dk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/7] fs: simple fsync race fix
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:05:31 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101130000531.GC3255@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101129145818.GB26076@infradead.org>
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 09:58:18AM -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Instead of removing the data sync support here and re-adding it later
> I would recommend moving the enhanced sync_inode_metadata earlier in
> the series.
Well, one is the minimum bug fix, and the other is a proper
improvement for doing metadata. I chose this approach because
it suits stable backports, and bisecting better.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-30 0:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-23 14:06 [patch 0/7] icache dirty / sync fixes npiggin
2010-11-23 14:06 ` [patch 1/7] fs: mark_inode_dirty barrier fix npiggin
2010-11-23 14:06 ` [patch 2/7] fs: simple fsync race fix npiggin
2010-11-29 14:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-11-30 0:05 ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2010-11-23 14:06 ` [patch 3/7] fs: introduce inode writeback helpers npiggin
2010-11-29 15:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-11-30 0:22 ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-23 14:06 ` [patch 4/7] fs: preserve inode dirty bits on failed metadata writeback npiggin
2010-11-29 14:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-11-30 0:08 ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-23 14:06 ` [patch 5/7] fs: ext2 inode sync fix npiggin
2010-11-30 11:26 ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-11-23 14:06 ` [patch 6/7] fs: fsync optimisations npiggin
2010-11-29 15:03 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-11-30 0:11 ` Nick Piggin
2010-11-23 14:06 ` [patch 7/7] fs: fix or note I_DIRTY handling bugs in filesystems npiggin
2010-11-23 15:04 ` Steven Whitehouse
2010-11-23 22:51 ` Dave Chinner
2010-11-24 0:23 ` Nick Piggin
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