There is no reason to write out the metadata inodes or volume headers during a non-blocking sync, as we are almost guaranteed to dirty them again during the inode writeouts. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6/fs/hfsplus/super.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/hfsplus/super.c 2010-11-17 22:47:57.762004821 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/fs/hfsplus/super.c 2010-11-17 22:50:17.024003983 +0100 @@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ int hfsplus_sync_fs(struct super_block * int write_backup = 0; int error, error2; + if (!wait) + return 0; + dprint(DBG_SUPER, "hfsplus_write_super\n"); sb->s_dirt = 0; -- 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
