Re: 2.6.29 -mm merge plans

Andi Kleen
2009-01-07T02:43:40Z

> sys_sync B which is invoked *after* sys_sync caller A should not
> return before A. If you didn't have a global lock, they'd tend to
> block one another's pages anyway. I think it's OK.

It means that you cannot reboot because reboot does sync.
What happens when the sync gets stuck somewhere on a really
slow device?

-Andi

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