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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-14 14:36:47 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-09-14 14:36:47 -0700
commit4142e0d1def2c0176c27fd2e810243045a62eb6d (patch)
treea21f76fafcd7609419a3ce610d8b9360748ccd76 /fs/ntfs/mft.c
parent33f1de69312432baecb997a570b7d77c4d02d1ed (diff)
parent2daea67e966dc0c42067ebea015ddac6834cef88 (diff)
Merge branch 'osync_cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6
* 'osync_cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6: fsync: wait for data writeout completion before calling ->fsync vfs: Remove generic_osync_inode() and sync_page_range{_nolock}() fat: Opencode sync_page_range_nolock() pohmelfs: Use new syncing helper xfs: Convert sync_page_range() to simple filemap_write_and_wait_range() ocfs2: Update syncing after splicing to match generic version ntfs: Use new syncing helpers and update comments ext4: Remove syncing logic from ext4_file_write ext3: Remove syncing logic from ext3_file_write ext2: Update comment about generic_osync_inode vfs: Introduce new helpers for syncing after writing to O_SYNC file or IS_SYNC inode vfs: Rename generic_file_aio_write_nolock ocfs2: Use __generic_file_aio_write instead of generic_file_aio_write_nolock pohmelfs: Use __generic_file_aio_write instead of generic_file_aio_write_nolock vfs: Remove syncing from generic_file_direct_write() and generic_file_buffered_write() vfs: Export __generic_file_aio_write() and add some comments vfs: Introduce filemap_fdatawait_range
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ntfs/mft.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/ntfs/mft.c13
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/mft.c b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
index 23bf68453d7..1caa0ef0b2b 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/mft.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
@@ -384,13 +384,12 @@ unm_err_out:
* it is dirty in the inode meta data rather than the data page cache of the
* inode, and thus there are no data pages that need writing out. Therefore, a
* full mark_inode_dirty() is overkill. A mark_inode_dirty_sync(), on the
- * other hand, is not sufficient, because I_DIRTY_DATASYNC needs to be set to
- * ensure ->write_inode is called from generic_osync_inode() and this needs to
- * happen or the file data would not necessarily hit the device synchronously,
- * even though the vfs inode has the O_SYNC flag set. Also, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
- * simply "feels" better than just I_DIRTY_SYNC, since the file data has not
- * actually hit the block device yet, which is not what I_DIRTY_SYNC on its own
- * would suggest.
+ * other hand, is not sufficient, because ->write_inode needs to be called even
+ * in case of fdatasync. This needs to happen or the file data would not
+ * necessarily hit the device synchronously, even though the vfs inode has the
+ * O_SYNC flag set. Also, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC simply "feels" better than just
+ * I_DIRTY_SYNC, since the file data has not actually hit the block device yet,
+ * which is not what I_DIRTY_SYNC on its own would suggest.
*/
void __mark_mft_record_dirty(ntfs_inode *ni)
{