On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 02:50:55PM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > +static int ovl_errseq_check_advance(struct super_block *sb, struct file *file) > +{ > + struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info; > + struct super_block *upper_sb; > + int ret; > + > + if (!ovl_upper_mnt(ofs)) > + return 0; > + > + upper_sb = ovl_upper_mnt(ofs)->mnt_sb; > + > + if (!errseq_check(&upper_sb->s_wb_err, file->f_sb_err)) > + return 0; > + > + /* Something changed, must use slow path */ > + spin_lock(&file->f_lock); > + ret = errseq_check_and_advance(&upper_sb->s_wb_err, &file->f_sb_err); > + spin_unlock(&file->f_lock); Why are you microoptimising syncfs()? Are there really applications which call syncfs() in a massively parallel manner on the same file descriptor?