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-rw-r--r--fs/jbd2/commit.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index ec516490cb35..b121d7d434c6 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -450,6 +450,15 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
schedule();
write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
finish_wait(&journal->j_fc_wait, &wait);
+ /*
+ * TODO: by blocking fast commits here, we are increasing
+ * fsync() latency slightly. Strictly speaking, we don't need
+ * to block fast commits until the transaction enters T_FLUSH
+ * state. So an optimization is possible where we block new fast
+ * commits here and wait for existing ones to complete
+ * just before we enter T_FLUSH. That way, the existing fast
+ * commits and this full commit can proceed parallely.
+ */
}
write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);