Re: [patch 8/8] fs: add i_op->sync_inode

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Jan 07 2011 - 02:25:20 EST


On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 03:48:36PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> OK, I don't exactly see why a sync_inode with appropriate flag could
> not solve that problem. I'll take a bit more look through nfs and
> xfs. Thanks...

We could also overload all inode operations into a single ioctl like
method, but that doesn't make it a good design.
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