Re: [PATCH 2/4] fs: return writeback errors for IOCB_DONTCACHE in generic_write_sync

Christoph Hellwig
2025-11-04T15:53:19Z

On Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 05:34:50PM +0530, Nirjhar Roy (IBM) wrote:
> So, what you are saying is file_check_and_advance_wb_err() will
> wait/block till the write back request done in
> filemap_fdatawrite_range_kick() is completely submitted

No, it won't wait. But filemap_fdatawrite_range_kick isn't asynchronous,
so it doesn't have to wait either.