[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/3] ufs: don't flush page immediately for DIRSYNC directories

[Al Viro]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 03:31:23PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> We do not need to writeout modified directory blocks immediately when
> modifying them while the page is locked. It is enough to do the flush
> somewhat later which has the added benefit that inode times can be
> flushed as well. It also allows us to stop depending on
> write_one_page() function.
> 
> Ported from an ext2 patch by Jan Kara.

Umm...  I'll throw it in ufs pile, I guess (tomorrow - I'll need to
sort out Fabio's patches in the area as well; IIRC, the latest
had been in late December).