This patch series makes ext4_file_write() a bit easier to understand by eliminating ext4_file_dio_write() and merging common code together. In addition, fix an O_APPEND locking issue which Al Viro pointed out. Theodore Ts'o (5): ext4: inline generic_file_aio_write() into ext4_file_write() ext4: move ext4_file_dio_write() into ext4_file_write() ext4: drop aio_mutex after grabbing i_mutex in ext4_file_write() ext4: factor out common code in ext4_file_write() ext4: add locking for O_APPEND writes fs/ext4/file.c | 153 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-) -- 1.9.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html