If we're doing reclaim or sync IO, use WRITE_SYNC to inform the lower levels of the importance of this IO. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxx> --- include/linux/writeback.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index 719c255e105a..b2c75b8901da 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct writeback_control { static inline int wbc_to_write(struct writeback_control *wbc) { - if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) + if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_reclaim || wbc->for_sync) return WRITE_SYNC; return WRITE; -- 2.8.0.rc4.6.g7e4ba36 -- 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