# Re: \[PATCH v3\] introduce sys\_syncfs to sync a single file system

- From: Artem Bityutskiy \<dedekind1@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2011-03-14 20:30:03 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2011/03/51671
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fsdevel/2011/03/51669/t.md

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On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 13:10 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> There might one day be a requirement to be able to initiate a
> resource-management-style writeback against a whole filesystem.  When
> that happens, we'll regret not having added a "mode" argument to
> sys_syncfs().

I think Indan is right about an additional argument which could be used
for future extensions, what is the problem adding it?

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

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