Re: [PATCH] reiserfs: remove flush_old_commits

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Jeff Mahoney <jeffm <at> suse.com> writes:

> 
> Commit 033369d1 (reiserfs: get rid of resierfs_sync_super) was introduced
> to replace the old s->dirt method of superblock writeback. Reiserfs
> always journals the superblock on modification so we weren't really using
> it anyway.

A bug with this patch is that uncommitted journal entries are left in memory
so that if the machine is reset or loses power, you are guaranteed to lose data.


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