From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: alun.linux@ty-penguin.org.uk Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 12:50:32 +0000 From: Alun To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: kzak@redhat.com, util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add option to fsfreeze to call syncfs() prior to freezing. Message-ID: <20121207125032.6f4a0fea@pcebbj.staff.aber.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20121207124415.GA28504@infradead.org> References: <20121207101400.5e46ba48@pcebbj.staff.aber.ac.uk> <20121207124415.GA28504@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII List-ID: Christoph Hellwig said, in message 20121207124415.GA28504@infradead.org: > > It might be better to send a kernel patch to do a first async sync > attempt instead of band aiding this in one of the consumers. That's what I did originally - see http://marc.info/?t=135474654500003&r=1&w=2 Cheers, Alun. -- Alun Jones, auj@aber.ac.uk, 01970 622494 Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth / Information Services Prifysgol Aberystwyth / Aberystwyth University