ext2: Avoid unnecessary inode buffer writeback for sync(2)

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For sync(2) the generic code calls sync_blockdev_nowait() and later
sync_blockdev() to persist all metadata buffers. Thus there's no need
for ext2_write_inode() to do that which speeds up sync(2) writeback.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727104923.3828017-28-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>

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Jan Kara 2026-07-27 12:49:26 +02:00 • committed by Christian Brauner

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