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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2008-07-27 12:25:57 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2008-07-27 12:25:57 -0300
commit50cb993ea6cd187bfed085cb3e0747066edeb02f (patch)
tree61edac62c6c5bc07c59e4369c50c6821ad77f2c0 /fs/sync.c
parent445c2714cf72817ab1ad3ca894c6d9b2047b3a3e (diff)
parent8be1a6d6c77ab4532e4476fdb8177030ef48b52c (diff)
Merge ../linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/sync.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/sync.c3
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.