Re: [PATCH v6 12/20] fs: add a new fstype flag to indicate how writeback errors are tracked

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On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 06:24:32AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> That's definitely what I want for the endgame here. My plan was to add
> this flag for now, and then eventually reverse it (or drop it) once all
> or most filesystems are converted.
> 
> We can do it that way from the get-go if you like. It'll mean tossing in
>  a patch add this flag to all filesystems that have an fsync operation
> and that use the pagecache, and then gradually remove it from them as we
> convert them.
> 
> Which method do you prefer?

Please do it from the get-go.  Or in fact figure out if we can get
away without it entirely.  Moving the error reporting into ->fsync
should help greatly with that, so what's missing after that?



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