From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=198.137.202.133 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1793200877; b=B+77C1+GFYayK6GA8HaJw3Y708u8HJmruEfpjNoMIpOXykRp74MHahg26++stt55DQ5X 6punoPsbX93uj5XFHrP/TJp0kQeo2l5rEUt2k0KhWnLaU6b+M8GousOfSjllb2LdueViL GWt9XP3tx9jIb+Gn0g2xrKZnn6iIGSSt2kfmSkZ9Xhi//jiQB551DLW+IeIrRcLjw3v7q HTNLRwwBWPjB+RXCEVWGclQEJW0DQlk7y+odDuFyi541mnIpYAQLlBN6cCpG5NNNQ6hwX 6lvtI2cG+9MzublbPKJQ5ZQt1C03rdaMghKgkzBFGwLq4YR7JHrbWsyNfXm/T9lOg4w== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1793200877; h=DMARC-Filter:DKIM-Signature:Received:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject: Message-ID:References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition: In-Reply-To:X-SRS-Rewrite; bh=VEiqNC6LJEY1AirUS0dkvb8QiFTMIh23FPrVpQl/W4w=; b=RBeapbkChps29KrU4Yj4uspAbOQv8rWoaCQ7aHSh6NS/cfMicR+UKYkgIXjYoja9YFvs Bh3u3pOtB/45kEdz0nQm8OMo0OQAAkTU8tEP6p1PO11Q1iPG6ZK+zON+Dj1mUIRFMnePN KdIOZUKfG/wzrBM645wlOceZ/eryanvjFv3RalL0aJITUzPHU/i7qMphzkKWZszsBzvYo w/z8Rp3GspYCM1uSLqMVQ5YjY+zoQAVdFzu4tU04rYEdY1GVk1vyxroDeQlCsh3NJXI4s BPosy1kI+z2li4lDIJGONNwjnctGCfq5n9iOEunI2ekBthw8Bl+ywEngVrIkQGJrGfg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass header.from=infradead.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=bombadil.srs.infradead.org; dkim=pass header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=bombadil.20210309 header.b=xBdrtkaS; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=198.137.202.133 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DE9E60A2623; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:21:16 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.subspace.kernel.org 7DE9E60A2623 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=bombadil.srs.infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=bombadil.20210309 header.b=xBdrtkaS DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=VEiqNC6LJEY1AirUS0dkvb8QiFTMIh23FPrVpQl/W4w=; b=xBdrtkaSF82j2tQyZYSS1aWTkN fvAdMntsrbJ0b6AAVwzwO06HRRx5Xl3PlLGKyJN/Lmqo6/tE1OutB3ict5dY5StH7rsD2pGAlzcwc /PUh5BEPqgJOXyVsI8aNLGMMQ/Gjs/oEdiXZ+FaoHQKrP6zoVHR1TSsQWjkVFo+XJrZayWLWAs8wB CPH3+Eacy8XdQz+BU0CAo+ARorr9e+Ljv7BkvNUAYNuQrECbvsMxFzj0fphBH2I5156GdVvAeG3+Z ptpVomfiBfHh7Jpp2O7EUNMMHICk7IwCtHeCS9oxAlNrAmlxXkNehnnFsp7geDpR+qA/m9MgR6e/M s1RrJjCQ==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.100.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1xM5Sk-00000007KrL-28Lt; Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:21:14 +0000 Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:21:14 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Josef Bacik Cc: Miklos Szeredi , Amir Goldstein , Christian Brauner , Alexander Viro , Jan Kara , Theodore Ts'o , Carlos Maiolino , David Sterba , Chris Mason , Chengguang Xu , linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] fs: add SB_I_OVL_USE_SYNC_FS Message-ID: References: <20261027-b4-ovl-containerized-sync-v1-0-802e512379a6@toxicpanda.com> <20261027-b4-ovl-containerized-sync-v1-1-802e512379a6@toxicpanda.com> X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20261027-b4-ovl-containerized-sync-v1-1-802e512379a6@toxicpanda.com> X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 09:09:27PM +0000, Josef Bacik wrote: > sync_filesystem() writes every dirty inode of a filesystem and then calls > ->sync_fs(). The data needs that. That second sentence makes absolutely zero sence and barely passes the grammer checker, what is that supposed to mean? >Whether the metadata does depends on > the filesystem. The metadata does what? Since when did data and metadata become subjects that act on their own? > ext2 copies an inode to its buffer in ->write_inode() and > nowhere else. Seriously, please rewrite this commit log to make sense. It reads like utter garabage without any meaning.