The patch titled vfs: fix unconditional write_super() call in file_fsync() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was vfs-fix-unconditional-write_super-call-in-file_fsync.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: vfs: fix unconditional write_super() call in file_fsync() From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> We need to check ->s_dirt before calling write_super(). It became the cause of an unneeded write. This bug was noticed by Sudhanshu Saxena. Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/sync.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/sync.c~vfs-fix-unconditional-write_super-call-in-file_fsync fs/sync.c --- a/fs/sync.c~vfs-fix-unconditional-write_super-call-in-file_fsync +++ a/fs/sync.c @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct /* sync the superblock to buffers */ sb = inode->i_sb; lock_super(sb); - if (sb->s_op->write_super) + if (sb->s_dirt && sb->s_op->write_super) sb->s_op->write_super(sb); unlock_super(sb); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html