The f_op->flush operation is the last chance to return a writeback related error when closing a file. Ensure that we don't miss reporting any errors by waiting for writeback to complete in cifs_flush before proceeding. There's no reason to do this when the file isn't open for write however. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@xxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/file.c | 21 +++++++-------------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c index baf4b50..128e07b 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/file.c +++ b/fs/cifs/file.c @@ -1688,20 +1688,13 @@ int cifs_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id) struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode; int rc = 0; - /* Rather than do the steps manually: - lock the inode for writing - loop through pages looking for write behind data (dirty pages) - coalesce into contiguous 16K (or smaller) chunks to write to server - send to server (prefer in parallel) - deal with writebehind errors - unlock inode for writing - filemapfdatawrite appears easier for the time being */ - - rc = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping); - /* reset wb rc if we were able to write out dirty pages */ - if (!rc) { - rc = CIFS_I(inode)->write_behind_rc; - CIFS_I(inode)->write_behind_rc = 0; + if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) { + rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping); + /* reset wb rc if we were able to write out dirty pages */ + if (!rc) { + rc = CIFS_I(inode)->write_behind_rc; + CIFS_I(inode)->write_behind_rc = 0; + } } cFYI(1, "Flush inode %p file %p rc %d", inode, file, rc); -- 1.7.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html