Re: [CHECKER] writes not always synchronous on JFS with O_SYNC?

[Ben Pfaff]

Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This patch to jfs_fsck fixes the problem.  It wasn't really an issue
> with O_SYNC at all, although I believe there are O_SYNC issues that need
> to be resolved.  The data itself should be sync'd correctly, as
> generic_file_write checks for the O_SYNC flag.  The missing piece in jfs
> is that metadata changes to the inode may not always be making it to the
> disk when they should.

Wow, that's an amazingly fast fix.  Thanks!  If I have time
today, I'll re-run the checker after applying your patch.
-- 
Ben Pfaff 
email: blp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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