The patch titled sys_sync-fix-16%-performance-regression-in-ffsb-create_4k-test-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sys_sync-fix-16%-performance-regression-in-ffsb-create_4k-test-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: sys_sync-fix-16%-performance-regression-in-ffsb-create_4k-test-fix From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/sync.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/sync.c~sys_sync-fix-16%-performance-regression-in-ffsb-create_4k-test-fix fs/sync.c --- a/fs/sync.c~sys_sync-fix-16%-performance-regression-in-ffsb-create_4k-test-fix +++ a/fs/sync.c @@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ restart: mutex_unlock(&mutex); } +/* + * sync everything. Start out by waking pdflush, because that writes back + * all queues in parallel. + */ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync) { wakeup_pdflush(0); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch next-remove-localversion.patch i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-x86-kernel-cpu-cpufreq-acpi-cpufreqc-avoid-cross-cpu-interrupts-by-using-smp_call_function_any.patch input-drivers-input-xpadc-improve-xbox-360-wireless-support-and-add-sysfs-interface.patch input-documentation-input-xpadtxt-update-for-new-driver-functionality.patch 3x59x-fix-pci-resource-management-checkpatch-fixes.patch drivers-serial-bfin_sport_uartc-remove-wrong-and-unneeded-memset.patch drivers-usb-gadget-s3c2410_udcc-fix.patch drivers-usb-serial-ti_usb_3410_5052c-fix-uninitialied-var-warning.patch raw-fix-rawctl-compat-ioctls-breakage-on-amd64-and-itanic.patch libfs-make-simple_read_from_buffer-conventional.patch fs-fix-overflow-in-sys_mount-for-in-kernel-calls-fix.patch sys_sync-fix-16%-performance-regression-in-ffsb-create_4k-test-fix.patch arch-x86-oprofile-op_model_amdc-fix-op_amd_handle_ibs-return-type.patch drivers-rtc-rtc-cmosc-cmos_init-dont-ignore-pnp_register_driver-return-value.patch include-linux-clocksourceh-coding-style-tweaks.patch mm-make-swap-token-dummies-static-inlines-fix.patch readahead-add-blk_run_backing_dev-fix.patch readahead-add-blk_run_backing_dev-fix-fix-2.patch memory-hotplug-update-zone-pcp-at-memory-online-fix.patch frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03-checkpatch-fixes.patch m68k-count-can-reach-51-not-50.patch arch-m68k-include-asm-motorola_pgalloch-fix-kunmap-arg.patch printk-boot_delay-rename-printk_delay_msec-to-loops_per_msec-fix.patch printk-add-printk_delay-to-make-messages-readable-for-some-scenarios-fix.patch printk-add-printk_delay-to-make-messages-readable-for-some-scenarios-cleanup.patch proc-connector-add-event-for-process-becoming-session-leader-checkpatch-fixes.patch rtc-add-driver-for-mxcs-internal-rtc-module-fix.patch rtc-philips-nxp-pcf2123-driver-v03-fix.patch memcg-remove-the-overhead-associated-with-the-root-cgroup-fix.patch memcg-add-comments-explaining-memory-barriers-checkpatch-fixes.patch n_hdlc-add-buffer-flushing-checkpatch-fixes.patch net-netfilter-ipvs-ip_vs_wrrc-use-lib-gcdc-fix.patch reiser4-export-remove_from_page_cache-fix.patch reiser4.patch reiser4-remove-simple_prepare_write-usage-checkpatch-fixes.patch fs-reiser4-contextc-current_is_pdflush-got-removed.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch put_bh-debug.patch getblk-handle-2tb-devices.patch getblk-handle-2tb-devices-fix.patch undeprecate-pci_find_device.patch notify_change-callers-must-hold-i_mutex.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