From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkdev: flush disk cache on ->fsync
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:31:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091013113101.GZ9228@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091013014128.GB7931@lst.de>
On Tue, Oct 13 2009, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 05:07:13PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 10 2009, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > Is anyone going to pick up this patch?
> >
> > I can pick it up for .33. I think it looks good, but it's probably
> > something we should add up front.
>
> Given that it's impossible to get data to a raw block device reliably
> without this I think it's .32 material. Especially given how small
> the patch is and how long it's been out there..
Yes I agree, but it's also not a regression since this has been the
situation for eternity. So why not just accept .33 and we can push it to
-stable after that?
--
Jens Axboe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-13 11:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-20 18:24 [PATCH] blkdev: flush disk cache on ->fsync Christoph Hellwig
2009-10-10 16:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-10-12 15:04 ` Jeff Moyer
2009-10-12 15:06 ` Jens Axboe
2009-10-12 15:07 ` Jens Axboe
2009-10-13 1:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-10-13 11:31 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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