My use case is when the EC panics. A hard reset is imminent. In my testing a regular sync did not always sync all of the logs. See https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230717232932.1.I361812b405bd07772f66660624188339ab158772@changeid On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 4:13 PM Bill O'Donnell <billodo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 09:45:40PM +0000, Rob Barnes wrote: > > emergency_sync forces a filesystem sync in emergency situations. > > Export this function so it can be used by modules. > > > > Signed-off-by: Rob Barnes <robbarnes@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Example of an emergency situation? > Thanks- > Bill > > > > --- > > > > fs/sync.c | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c > > index dc725914e1edb..b313db0ebb5ee 100644 > > --- a/fs/sync.c > > +++ b/fs/sync.c > > @@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ void emergency_sync(void) > > schedule_work(work); > > } > > } > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(emergency_sync); > > > > /* > > * sync a single super > > -- > > 2.41.0.255.g8b1d071c50-goog > > >
