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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: ext3 journal commit performance
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Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
>
>  However, what you are proposing is, I think,
> 
>  	1) write the data
>  	2) write the journal
>  	3) wait on the data write
>  	4) wait on the journal write

	5) write the commit block
	6) wait on the commit block