The patch titled
write_inode_now(): avoid unnecessary synchronous write
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
write_inode_now-avoid-unnecessary-synchronous-write.patch
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Subject: write_inode_now(): avoid unnecessary synchronous write
From: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
We shouldn't use WB_SYNC_ALL if the caller is asking for asynchronous
treatment.
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/fs-writeback.c~write_inode_now-avoid-unnecessary-synchronous-write fs/fs-writeback.c
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c~write_inode_now-avoid-unnecessary-synchronous-write
+++ a/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode,
int ret;
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
- .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+ .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
.range_start = 0,
.range_end = LLONG_MAX,
};
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from efault@xxxxxx are
git-sched.patch
git-x86.patch
write_inode_now-avoid-unnecessary-synchronous-write.patch
udf-avoid-unnecessary-synchronous-writes.patch
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