We used to just write changed page for IS_DIRSYNC inodes. But we also have to update directory inode itself just for the case that we've allocated a new block and changed i_size. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> CC: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/dir.c | 5 ++--- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Andrew, would you please merge the patch? Ext3 and ext4 don't have this problem BTW. diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c index 9a0fc40..7fba549 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/dir.c +++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c @@ -94,11 +94,10 @@ static int ext2_commit_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len) i_size_write(dir, pos+len); mark_inode_dirty(dir); } + unlock_page(page); if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) - err = write_one_page(page, 1); - else - unlock_page(page); + err = ext2_sync_inode(dir); return err; } -- 1.6.0.4 -- 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
