Re: [PATCH] ext4: properly check for dirty state in ext4_inode_datasync_dirty()

Ritesh Harjani
2020-10-29T02:14:42Z

On 10/28/20 9:18 AM, harshad shirwadkar wrote:
> Actually the simpler fix for this in case of fast commits is to check
> if the inode is on the fast commit list or not. Since we clear the
> fast commit list after every fast and / or full commit, it's always
> true that if the inode is not on the list, that means it isn't dirty.
> This will simplify the logic here and then we can probably get rid of
> i_fc_committed_subtid field altogether. I'll test this and send out a
> patch.

Yes, sounds like a better solution. Thanks!

-ritesh