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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] sys_sync livelock fix
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:17:43 +0100
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On February 13, 2002 05:01 am, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> I don't think SuSv2 can be any more clear than:
> > The writing, although scheduled, is not necessarily complete
> > upon return from sync().

That doesn't mean we can't do more than that, as the naive user would expect.

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Daniel
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