On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 09:19:39AM -0400, jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> > > ext2 currently does a test+clear of the AS_EIO flag, which is > is problematic for some coming changes. > > What we really need to do instead is call filemap_check_errors > in __generic_file_fsync after syncing out the buffers. That > will be sufficient for this case, and help other callers detect > these errors properly as well. > > With that, we don't need to twiddle it in ext2. Seems like much of this code is getting replaced later in the series..