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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 18cfbf7..98ffb6e 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1284,8 +1284,10 @@ struct super_operations { * * I_DIRTY_SYNC Inode is dirty, but doesn't have to be written on * fdatasync(). i_atime is the usual cause. - * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC Inode is dirty and must be written on fdatasync(), f.e. - * because i_size changed. + * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC Data-related inode changes pending. We keep track of + * these changes separately from I_DIRTY_SYNC so that we + * don't have to write inode on fdatasync() when only + * mtime has changed in it. * I_DIRTY_PAGES Inode has dirty pages. Inode itself may be clean. * I_NEW get_new_inode() sets i_state to I_LOCK|I_NEW. Both * are cleared by unlock_new_inode(), called from iget(). |
