On Mon 24-04-17 09:22:43, Jeff Layton wrote: > ext2 currently does a test+clear of the AS_EIO flag, which is > is problematic for some coming changes. > > What we really need to do instead is call filemap_check_errors > in __generic_file_fsync after syncing out the buffers. That > will be sufficient for this case, and help other callers detect > these errors properly as well. > > With that, we don't need to twiddle it in ext2. > > Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> Looks good to me. You can add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Honza > --- > fs/ext2/file.c | 2 +- > fs/libfs.c | 3 ++- > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c > index b21891a6bfca..ed00e7ae0ef3 100644 > --- a/fs/ext2/file.c > +++ b/fs/ext2/file.c > @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) > struct address_space *mapping = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping; > > ret = generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync); > - if (ret == -EIO || test_and_clear_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags)) { > + if (ret == -EIO) { > /* We don't really know where the IO error happened... */ > ext2_error(sb, __func__, > "detected IO error when writing metadata buffers"); > diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c > index a8b62e5d43a9..12a48ee442d3 100644 > --- a/fs/libfs.c > +++ b/fs/libfs.c > @@ -991,7 +991,8 @@ int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, > > out: > inode_unlock(inode); > - return ret; > + err = filemap_check_errors(inode->i_mapping); > + return ret ? : err; > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(__generic_file_fsync); > > -- > 2.9.3 > > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR