@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
*
* Atomicity of commits
* --------------------
- * In order to gaurantee atomicity during the commit operation, fast commit
+ * In order to guarantee atomicity during the commit operation, fast commit
* uses "EXT4_FC_TAG_TAIL" tag that marks a fast commit as complete. Tail
* tag contains CRC of the contents and TID of the transaction after which
* this fast commit should be applied. Recovery code replays fast commit
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ static void ext4_fc_submit_bh(struct super_block *sb)
int write_flags = REQ_SYNC;
struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_fc_bh;
+ /* TODO: REQ_FUA | REQ_PREFLUSH is unnecessarily expensive. */
if (test_opt(sb, BARRIER))
write_flags |= REQ_FUA | REQ_PREFLUSH;
lock_buffer(bh);
Add a TODO to remember fixing REQ_FUA | REQ_PREFLUSH for fast commit buffers. Also, fix a typo in top level comment in fast_commit.c Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com> --- fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)