Also, if we are going to issue the barrier, we should do this after we write out the parent directories if necessary. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/fsync.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c index 8850254..011863e 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c +++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c @@ -106,9 +106,11 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) } if (!journal) { - ret = generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync); + ret = __generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync); if (!ret && !hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) ret = ext4_sync_parent(inode); + if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER) + goto issue_flush; goto out; } @@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) needs_barrier = true; ret = jbd2_complete_transaction(journal, commit_tid); if (needs_barrier) { + issue_flush: err = blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL); if (!ret) ret = err; -- 2.5.0 -- 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