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ext2: Avoid unnecessary inode buffer writeback for sync(2)
authorJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:49:26 +0000 (12:49 +0200)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:25:32 +0000 (16:25 +0200)
commit74d4faaa76b829dc439be61f10d48b8e905e39a1
treefa0cde6893e439ed48502324023d7e182173e451
parent4efd6a43a92fc690693454b36d5e68c58d5ccbcb
ext2: Avoid unnecessary inode buffer writeback for sync(2)

For sync(2) the generic code calls sync_blockdev_nowait() and later
sync_blockdev() to persist all metadata buffers. Thus there's no need
for ext2_write_inode() to do that which speeds up sync(2) writeback.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727104923.3828017-28-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
fs/ext2/inode.c