XFSQA test 144 fails again on tot linux_xfs

Merge of master-melb:xfs-cmds:28113a by kenmcd.

  pv 961215, rv allanr - replacing fsync() with global sync()

dmapi/src/suite2/src/test_fileattr.c

@@ -271,13 +271,9 @@ main(
 	    else if (Vflag) {
 	      fprintf(stderr, "report: set #%d was successful.\n", i);
 	    }
-            if (dm_sync_by_handle(sid, hanp, hlen, DM_NO_TOKEN)) {
-              fprintf(stderr, "dm_sync_by_handle failed on pass #%d; %s.\n",
-                        i, strerror(errno));
-            }
 	  }
 	}
-	
+	sync();
 	/*-----------------------------------------------------*\
 	|* Get_fileattr loop                                   *|
 	\*-----------------------------------------------------*/