Re: [PATCH] filemap_fdatasync & related changes

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Chris Mason wrote:
> 
> Just noticed the filemap_fdatasync code doesn't check the return value from
> writepage.  Linus, would you take a patch that redirtied the page, puts it
> back onto the dirty list (at the tail), and unlocks the page when writepage
> returns 1?

I don't see how that would help. It's just asking for endless loops.

                Linus

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