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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext4/fsync.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext4/fsync.c | 41 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c index ef3d980e67cb..592adf2e546e 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c +++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c @@ -35,6 +35,29 @@ #include <trace/events/ext4.h> /* + * If we're not journaling and this is a just-created file, we have to + * sync our parent directory (if it was freshly created) since + * otherwise it will only be written by writeback, leaving a huge + * window during which a crash may lose the file. This may apply for + * the parent directory's parent as well, and so on recursively, if + * they are also freshly created. + */ +static void ext4_sync_parent(struct inode *inode) +{ + struct dentry *dentry = NULL; + + while (inode && ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEWENTRY)) { + ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEWENTRY); + dentry = list_entry(inode->i_dentry.next, + struct dentry, d_alias); + if (!dentry || !dentry->d_parent || !dentry->d_parent->d_inode) + break; + inode = dentry->d_parent->d_inode; + sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping); + } +} + +/* * akpm: A new design for ext4_sync_file(). * * This is only called from sys_fsync(), sys_fdatasync() and sys_msync(). @@ -48,9 +71,9 @@ * i_mutex lock is held when entering and exiting this function */ -int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) +int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync) { - struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; + struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode); journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal; int ret; @@ -58,7 +81,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) J_ASSERT(ext4_journal_current_handle() == NULL); - trace_ext4_sync_file(file, dentry, datasync); + trace_ext4_sync_file(file, datasync); if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) return 0; @@ -66,9 +89,13 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) ret = flush_completed_IO(inode); if (ret < 0) return ret; - - if (!journal) - return simple_fsync(file, dentry, datasync); + + if (!journal) { + ret = generic_file_fsync(file, datasync); + if (!ret && !list_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) + ext4_sync_parent(inode); + return ret; + } /* * data=writeback,ordered: @@ -102,7 +129,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)) blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT); - jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid); + ret = jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid); } else if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER) blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT); |