Hi Andrew, ...
On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 11:33:18AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> [...]
> > --- a/fs/ext3/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
> > @@ -2392,7 +2392,13 @@ static int ext3_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
> > if (journal_start_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, &target)) {
> > if (wait)
> > log_wait_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, target);
> > - }
> > + } else if (wait)
> > + /*
> > + * We may have a commit in progress, clear it out
> > + * before we go on...
> > + */
> > + ext3_force_commit(sb);
> > +
> > return 0;
> > }
>
> Can we do
>
> sb->s_dirt = 0;
> if (wait)
> ext3_force_commit(...);
> else
> journal_start_commit(...);
I think this is what you had in mind:
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 18eaa78..2b48b85 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2386,13 +2386,12 @@ static void ext3_write_super (struct super_block * sb)
static int ext3_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
{
- tid_t target;
-
sb->s_dirt = 0;
- if (journal_start_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, &target)) {
- if (wait)
- log_wait_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, target);
- }
+ if (wait)
+ ext3_force_commit(sb);
+ else
+ journal_start_commit(EXT3_SB(sb)->s_journal, NULL);
+
return 0;
}
I tried this and it too fixes the problem. FWIW I agree it
looks better...
Tested-by: Arthur Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Arthur
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