Re: [PATCH] fsync: wait for data writeout completion before calling ->fsync

Joel Becker
2009-09-02T22:39:23Z

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 12:18:38AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> - ocfs2_sync_file:
>
> does it's own data writeback, but no wait. probably needs the wait.

The journal force commit will wait in ordered mode. In
writeback mode we currently allow the usual writeback problem.

Joel

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