To ensure that bits are truly on-disk after an fsync, we should call blkdev_issue_flush if barriers are supported. Inspired by an old thread on barriers, by reiserfs & xfs which do the same, and by a patch SuSE ships with their kernel Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/fsync.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c index 1c8ba48..a45c373 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c +++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/writeback.h> #include <linux/jbd2.h> +#include <linux/blkdev.h> #include "ext4.h" #include "ext4_jbd2.h" @@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) { struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; + journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal; int ret = 0; J_ASSERT(ext4_journal_current_handle() == NULL); @@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) .nr_to_write = 0, /* sys_fsync did this */ }; ret = sync_inode(inode, &wbc); + if (journal && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)) + blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL); } out: return ret; -- 1.5.3.6 -- 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