Assuming I am correct in at least part of my understanding on why there is > * FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC > If this flag is set, the kernel will sync the file before mapping extents. I propose we replace it with the following flag that should provide everything XFS needs: * FIEMAP_FLAG_ANY * Advisory only - If this flag is set, the filesystem can * ignore normal consistency checks when returning data. Then with the flag==0, XFS does the locked-atomic-sync and with the flag==1, XFS works like other filesystems that don't do the atomic stuff. jim -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
