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Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix waiting for writeback then skipping folio
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Date:   Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:26:46 +0100
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Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Well, what I'm really asking is the thing I ask seven times a day:
> 
> - what are the end-user visible effects of the bug

A third party might see an incomplete flush after they've done a sync - which
amounts to temporary file corruption.

> - should be fix be backported into earlier kernels

Yes.

David