Re: [PATCH] async: Don't call async_synchronize_full_special() while holding sb_lock

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On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:46:31AM -0600, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> sync_filesystems() shouldn't be calling async_synchronize_full_special
> while holding a spinlock.  The second while loop in that function is the
> right place for this anyway.

Out of curiousity, what on earth does
async_synchronize_full_special() do and why does it need to be in
sync_filesystems()?

Cheers,

Dave.
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