2010-08-26 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>

	* libcsupport/src/sync.c: Add comment explaining why the return value
	from fsync() and fdatasync() is not checked.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 43e0c9c5c7..e2d7aedd41 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2010-08-26	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
+	* libcsupport/src/sync.c: Add comment explaining why the return value
+	from fsync() and fdatasync() is not checked.
+
+2010-08-26	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
 	* libmisc/monitor/mon-symbols.c: Fix length of buffer passed to
 	strncpy() so there is room for a NULL terminator.
 
diff --git a/cpukit/libcsupport/src/sync.c b/cpukit/libcsupport/src/sync.c
index 8db3f62161..e1deefc293 100644
--- a/cpukit/libcsupport/src/sync.c
+++ b/cpukit/libcsupport/src/sync.c
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ static void sync_wrapper(FILE *f)
 {
   int fn = fileno(f);
 
+  /*
+   *  We are explicitly NOT checking the return values as it does not
+   *  matter if they succeed.  We are just making a best faith attempt
+   *  at both and trusting that we were passed a good FILE pointer.
+   */
   fsync(fn);
   fdatasync(fn);
 }