* If we previously truncated this file and removed old data
* in the process, we want to initiate "early" writeout on
* the last close. This is an attempt to combat the notorious
- * NULL files problem which is particularly noticable from a
+ * NULL files problem which is particularly noticeable from a
* truncate down, buffered (re-)write (delalloc), followed by
* a crash. What we are effectively doing here is
* significantly reducing the time window where we'd otherwise
*
* Further, check if the inode is being opened, written and
* closed frequently and we have delayed allocation blocks
- * oustanding (e.g. streaming writes from the NFS server),
+ * outstanding (e.g. streaming writes from the NFS server),
* truncating the blocks past EOF will cause fragmentation to
* occur.
*
ip->i_d.di_flags &= ~XFS_DIFLAG_PREALLOC;
xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
- xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
+ if (attr_flags & XFS_ATTR_SYNC)
+ xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);