There is no reason why we should issue IO barriers when we just hit an error in ext4_sync_file. So move out: label to just return and introduce flush: label to those places which really need it. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/fsync.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c index 2b15312..2bf9413 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c +++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) ret = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping); if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) - goto out; + goto flush; /* * The VFS has written the file data. If the inode is unaltered @@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) if (ret == 0) ret = err; } -out: +flush: if (journal && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)) blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL); +out: return ret; } -- 1.6.0.2 -- 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