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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-08-14 12:19:59 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-08-14 12:19:59 +0200
commit8d7ccaa545490cdffdfaff0842436a8dd85cf47b (patch)
tree8129b5907161bc6ae26deb3645ce1e280c5e1f51 /fs/sync.c
parentb2139aa0eec330c711c5a279db361e5ef1178e78 (diff)
parent30a2f3c60a84092c8084dfe788b710f8d0768cd4 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc3' into x86/prototypes
Conflicts: include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 228e17b5e9e..2967562d416 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.