log_start_commit() returns 1 only when it started a transaction commit. Thus in case transaction commit is already running, we fail to wait for the commit to finish. Fix the issue by always waiting for the commit regardless of the log_start_commit return value. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext3/fsync.c | 20 +++++++++----------- fs/jbd/journal.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext3/fsync.c b/fs/ext3/fsync.c index 8209f26..26289e8 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/fsync.c +++ b/fs/ext3/fsync.c @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int ext3_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode); journal_t *journal = EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal; - int ret = 0; + int ret, needs_barrier = 0; tid_t commit_tid; if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) @@ -70,28 +70,26 @@ int ext3_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync) * (they were dirtied by commit). But that's OK - the blocks are * safe in-journal, which is all fsync() needs to ensure. */ - if (ext3_should_journal_data(inode)) { - ret = ext3_force_commit(inode->i_sb); - goto out; - } + if (ext3_should_journal_data(inode)) + return ext3_force_commit(inode->i_sb); if (datasync) commit_tid = atomic_read(&ei->i_datasync_tid); else commit_tid = atomic_read(&ei->i_sync_tid); - if (log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid)) { - log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid); - goto out; - } + if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, BARRIER) && + !journal_trans_will_send_data_barrier(journal, commit_tid)) + needs_barrier = 1; + log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid); + ret = log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid); /* * In case we didn't commit a transaction, we have to flush * disk caches manually so that data really is on persistent * storage */ - if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, BARRIER)) + if (needs_barrier) blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL); -out: return ret; } diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c index 99c7194..93d1e47 100644 --- a/fs/jbd/journal.c +++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ out: spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); return ret; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(journal_commit_will_send_barrier); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(journal_trans_will_send_data_barrier); /* * Log buffer allocation routines: -- 1.6.4.2 -- 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