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From: "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: [RFC v2] ext4: Don't send extra barrier during fsync if there
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P.S.  If it wasn't clear, I'm still in favor of trying to coordinate
barriers across the whole file system, since that is much more likely
to help use cases that arise in real life.

   	    	       	     	     - Ted
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