When doing synchronous writes because wbc->sync_mode is set to WBC_SYNC_ALL, send the write request using WRITE_SYNC, so that we don't unduly block system calls such as fsync(). Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/buffer.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 3cc3a7d..4ea1bbb 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -1755,6 +1755,7 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page, struct buffer_head *bh, *head; const unsigned blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits; int nr_underway = 0; + int write_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE); BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page)); @@ -1846,7 +1847,7 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page, do { struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page; if (buffer_async_write(bh)) { - submit_bh(WRITE, bh); + submit_bh(write_op, bh); nr_underway++; } bh = next; @@ -1900,7 +1901,7 @@ recover: struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page; if (buffer_async_write(bh)) { clear_buffer_dirty(bh); - submit_bh(WRITE, bh); + submit_bh(write_op, bh); nr_underway++; } bh = next; -- 1.5.6.3 -- 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