[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] OCFS2: fdatasync should skip unimportant metadata writeout

[Joel Becker]

On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 04:47:45PM +0900, Hisashi Hifumi wrote:
> In ocfs2, fdatasync and fsync are identical.
> I think fdatasync should skip committing transaction when 
> inode->i_state is set just I_DIRTY_SYNC and this indicates
> only atime or/and mtime updates.
> Following patch improves fdatasync throughput.

	Nicely done, thanks.  This is now in the ocfs2 git tree.

Joel

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