On Tue 13-01-09 15:17:16, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:42:02 +0100 > Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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); > > > > But with this change we no longer sync the data page? Don't we need > something like this: Oh, correct, we do. I was confused by sync_inode() calling fdatawrite() but did not realize that the way ext2_sync_inode() calls it has start == end == 0. Thanks for spotting this. > static int ext2_commit_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len) > { > struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping; > struct inode *dir = mapping->host; > int err = 0; > > dir->i_version++; > block_write_end(NULL, mapping, pos, len, len, page, NULL); > > if (pos+len > dir->i_size) { > i_size_write(dir, pos+len); > mark_inode_dirty(dir); > } > > if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) { > err = write_one_page(page, 1); > if (err == 0) > err = ext2_sync_inode(dir); > } else { > unlock_page(page); > } > > return err; > } > > ? Yes, I'll send you a new version of the patch and also send refreshed second patch with blkdev_issue_flush() calls. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- 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