Hello, > Here's the 13th version of the writeback patches. Changes since v12: > - Update to 2.6.31-rc4 ('ish, it's on top of current -git, but wil apply > to -rc4 as well). > - Drop the last patch in the series, it was a questionable optimization > that needs to be tested and evaluated separately. fs/sync.c has changed some time ago and I think your patch needs this (which I had lazyly added by hand in v12 without telling): --- a/fs/sync.c 2009-07-31 07:32:08.927926281 +0200 +++ b/fs/sync.c.new 2009-07-31 07:31:52.499801359 +0200 @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ restart: */ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync) { - wakeup_pdflush(0); + wakeup_flusher_threads(0); sync_filesystems(0); sync_filesystems(1); if (unlikely(laptop_mode)) Best, -- Damien Wyart -- 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