Re: [PATCH] fsync: note syncfs in in SEE ALSO

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Hi Tycho,

On 7/28/21 8:16 PM, Tycho Andersen wrote:
> I didn't know about this syscall until just now somehow, but it seems
> reasonable to mention it in the fsync.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.pizza>
> ---
>  man2/fsync.2 | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/fsync.2 b/man2/fsync.2
> index 0f070ed2c..32238dc07 100644
> --- a/man2/fsync.2
> +++ b/man2/fsync.2
> @@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ to guarantee safe operation.
>  .BR pwritev (2),
>  .BR sync (2),
>  .BR sync_file_range (2),
> +.BR syncfs (2),
>  .BR fflush (3),
>  .BR fileno (3),
>  .BR hdparm (8),
> 
> base-commit: fbe71b1b79e72be3b9afc44b5d479e7fd84b598a

I'm hesitant about this. syncfs(2) is documented in the sync(2)
page, which is already in SEE ALSO. Knowing that, do you still
think this patch has benefit?

Thanks,

Michael



-- 
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
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