On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 00:52, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > This patch fixes the data loss which can occur when unmounting a > data=journal ext3 filesystem. > > The core problem is that the VFS doesn't tell the filesystem enough > about what is happening. ext3 _needs_ to know the difference between > regular memory-cleansing writeback and sync-for-data-integrity > purposes. > What happens when the user does a sync() immediately after kupdate trigger a write_super? Since ext3_write_super just clears s_dirt, I don't see how sync_fs() will get called. -chris _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
