From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
To: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
overlayfs <linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 09/10] fs: introduce new helper sync_fs_and_blockdev()
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:15:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOQ4uxj4no4zHaOKSXyefUpP+JuMsjeuMPzpZ8BAm1xrs2h+Aw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210923130814.140814-10-cgxu519@mykernel.net>
On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 4:08 PM Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net> wrote:
>
> Overlayfs needs to call upper layer's ->sync_fs
> and __sync_blockdev() to sync metadata during syncfs(2).
>
> Currently, __sync_blockdev() does not export to module
> so introduce new helper sync_fs_and_blockdev() to wrap
> those operations.
Heads up: looks like __sync_blockdev() will be gone soon,
but you will have other exported symbols that overlayfs can use
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20211019062530.2174626-1-hch@lst.de/T/
Thanks,
Amir.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-19 7:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-23 13:08 [RFC PATCH v5 00/10] implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs Chengguang Xu
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 01/10] ovl: setup overlayfs' private bdi Chengguang Xu
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 02/10] ovl: implement ->writepages operation Chengguang Xu
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 03/10] ovl: implement overlayfs' ->evict_inode operation Chengguang Xu
2021-10-06 15:33 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-10-07 6:08 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 7:43 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 04/10] ovl: mark overlayfs' inode dirty on modification Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 18:43 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 05/10] ovl: mark overlayfs' inode dirty on shared mmap Chengguang Xu
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 06/10] ovl: implement overlayfs' ->write_inode operation Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 9:01 ` Jan Kara
2021-10-07 12:26 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 14:41 ` Jan Kara
2021-10-07 14:54 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 9:23 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-10-07 12:28 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 12:45 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-10-07 13:09 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 13:34 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-10-07 14:46 ` Jan Kara
2021-10-07 14:53 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 18:51 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-10-08 13:13 ` Jan Kara
2021-11-16 2:20 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-11-16 12:35 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-11-17 6:11 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-11-18 6:32 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-11-18 11:23 ` Jan Kara
2021-11-18 12:02 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-11-18 16:43 ` Jan Kara
2021-11-19 6:12 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-11-30 11:22 ` Jan Kara
2021-11-30 16:09 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-11-30 19:04 ` Amir Goldstein
2021-12-01 2:37 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-12-01 6:31 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-12-01 7:19 ` Amir Goldstein
2021-12-01 13:46 ` Jan Kara
2021-12-01 14:59 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-12-01 16:24 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-12-01 22:47 ` Amir Goldstein
2021-12-01 23:23 ` ovl_flush() behavior Amir Goldstein
2021-12-02 2:11 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-12-02 15:20 ` Vivek Goyal
2021-12-02 15:59 ` Amir Goldstein
2021-12-02 22:00 ` Vivek Goyal
2021-12-02 15:14 ` Vivek Goyal
2021-12-05 14:06 ` [RFC PATCH v5 06/10] ovl: implement overlayfs' ->write_inode operation Chengguang Xu
2021-12-07 5:33 ` Amir Goldstein
2022-02-05 16:09 ` Chengguang Xu
2022-02-05 16:23 ` Amir Goldstein
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 07/10] ovl: cache dirty overlayfs' inode Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 11:09 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-10-07 12:04 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-10-07 12:27 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 08/10] fs: export wait_sb_inodes() Chengguang Xu
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 09/10] fs: introduce new helper sync_fs_and_blockdev() Chengguang Xu
2021-10-19 7:15 ` Amir Goldstein [this message]
2021-11-15 11:39 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-09-23 13:08 ` [RFC PATCH v5 10/10] ovl: implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs Chengguang Xu
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