From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Al Viro Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] vfs: Make sys_sync writeout also block device inodes Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:30:41 +0100 Message-ID: <20120622103041.GF14083@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <1325807186-3397-1-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <1325807186-3397-7-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <20120620200336.GF3435@quack.suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Curt Wohlgemuth , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig To: Jan Kara Return-path: Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:57311 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762025Ab2FVKao (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:30:44 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120620200336.GF3435@quack.suse.cz> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:03:36PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > Hi Curt, > > On Wed 20-06-12 07:23:56, Curt Wohlgemuth wrote: > > Was there ever a resolution for this patch and the series? I looked > > for but found no ack/nack for V4 of your "Cleanup and improve sync" > > patch series. > > > > We've been carrying a crappy hack/patch to sync all block device > > inodes in order to allow lilo to not break, and it'd be nice to have a > > real fix for it upstream. > The patch set works, just I'm missing some final review and someone (Al?) > has to pick it up and merge it. Anyway I plan to repost the series soon to > hopefully get things moving again... Please, rebase and send them my way.