From cce770815869e9209171d819dfde89bcc738ab62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Machek Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:27:36 -0700 Subject: SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE may and will block. Document that. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix comment text] Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/sync.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs/sync.c') diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c index 228e17b5e9ee..2967562d416f 100644 --- a/fs/sync.c +++ b/fs/sync.c @@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fdatasync(unsigned int fd) * before performing the write. * * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE: initiate writeout of all those dirty pages in the - * range which are not presently under writeback. + * range which are not presently under writeback. Note that this may block for + * significant periods due to exhaustion of disk request structures. * * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER: wait upon writeout of all pages in the range * after performing the write. -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b