Move lg_list to s_locality_dirty and mark lg as dirty if nr_to_write(total page count which has not written in disk yet) is 0 or less and lg_io is not empty in ext4_lg_sync_single_group(). This makes sure that inode is written to disk. Signed-off-by: Takashi Sato <sho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -Nrup -X linux-2.6.19-rc6-lg/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.19-rc6-lg/fs/ext4/lg.c linux-2.6.19-rc6-full/fs/ext4/lg.c --- linux-2.6.19-rc6-lg/fs/ext4/lg.c 2007-04-26 19:55:37.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.19-rc6-full/fs/ext4/lg.c 2007-04-26 19:17:59.000000000 +0900 @@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ int ext4_lg_sync_single_group(struct sup cond_resched(); spin_lock(&inode_lock); if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) { + if (!list_empty(&lg->lg_io)) { + set_bit(EXT4_LG_DIRTY, &lg->lg_flags); + list_move(&lg->lg_list, &sbi->s_locality_dirty); + } rc = EXT4_STOP_WRITEBACK; code = 6; break; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html