From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61788C433FE for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:56:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41BE563210 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:56:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229613AbhKOL6z (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:58:55 -0500 Received: from sender3-op-o12.zoho.com.cn ([124.251.121.243]:17277 "EHLO sender3-op-o12.zoho.com.cn" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229919AbhKOL6o (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:58:44 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 951 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:58:44 EST ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1636976377; cv=none; d=zoho.com.cn; s=zohoarc; b=aUnp4H6QX9VcHeA7c4RukbCsQKy36J6+ny1xmly4vRu+i3w9fEBepRU39n0qPuErHJw8cK5npkr8CUSROtyNlK7kX1b3/PI2gAUDrZ3x4Fcdw3oZJRhrMM++MUPIIPXepd5CNSre0ardZwCwlEF/8yaCEzc2svaUP0NbiTjTGGQ= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zoho.com.cn; s=zohoarc; t=1636976377; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:From:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Reply-To:References:Subject:To; bh=zjH/uFgyaW5ns3imYgu5Ys7Ojv3UneKOmCTaKuDKr+k=; b=Jib3FJvVjdkFw2vnQbVpVViX45yBLRfzOUcckd8aXH//TT8DrdBg0em4F4HYpNGmSieQYiZXEn8xT4VHQO786jukJ3anqE02Ai2x22a8CaVg7VtAf0fYRqM5BBRt/s4vhVZ+4sFeWJFAi+2o0ButfdtUOks/5mOQDRK2l6hy0us= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zoho.com.cn; dkim=pass header.i=mykernel.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cgxu519@mykernel.net; dmarc=pass header.from= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1636976377; s=zohomail; d=mykernel.net; i=cgxu519@mykernel.net; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Cc:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=zjH/uFgyaW5ns3imYgu5Ys7Ojv3UneKOmCTaKuDKr+k=; b=RE07lEIk8fOhlYN7heLD5nBd/W9BgnH6q+5fZY2Q3CNNsi208wSkWx4LKEOyr/1h VM44TG6EHoB3b8DJIGNI/zyDMtoR8ar0PXc1XBDKSTs1Mt3pWDuYmENhQDeGbJc7IdQ eIz6GhiUr81dwzmjHfTZYMpY5RxzmnE1dzam6y/A= Received: from mail.baihui.com by mx.zoho.com.cn with SMTP id 1636976375951813.331584415134; Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:39:35 +0800 (CST) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:39:35 +0800 From: Chengguang Xu Reply-To: cgxu519@mykernel.net To: "Amir Goldstein" Cc: "Miklos Szeredi" , "Jan Kara" , "linux-fsdevel" , "overlayfs" , "linux-kernel" Message-ID: <17d2365388e.10ca295a42584.1997095568982277851@mykernel.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20210923130814.140814-1-cgxu519@mykernel.net> <20210923130814.140814-10-cgxu519@mykernel.net> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 09/10] fs: introduce new helper sync_fs_and_blockdev() MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Importance: Medium User-Agent: ZohoCN Mail X-Mailer: ZohoCN Mail Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org ---- =E5=9C=A8 =E6=98=9F=E6=9C=9F=E4=BA=8C, 2021-10-19 15:15:28 Amir Golds= tein =E6=92=B0=E5=86=99 ---- > On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 4:08 PM Chengguang Xu wro= te: > > > > 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. >=20 > Heads up: looks like __sync_blockdev() will be gone soon, > but you will have other exported symbols that overlayfs can use >=20 > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20211019062530.2174626-1-hch@lst.d= e/T/ >=20 Hi Amir, Thanks for the information. Chengguang,