If open a file with O_SYNC, and call fallocate with mode=0.when using fast commit, will cause the process to hang. During the fast_commit procedure, it will wait for inode update done. call ext4_fc_stop_update() before ext4_fc_commit() to mark inode complete update. Signed-off-by: Xin Yin <yinxin.x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c index 4108896d471b..92db33887b6c 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -4707,8 +4707,12 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len) goto out; if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC && EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal) { + ext4_fc_stop_update(inode); ret = ext4_fc_commit(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal, EXT4_I(inode)->i_sync_tid); + inode_unlock(inode); + trace_ext4_fallocate_exit(inode, offset, max_blocks, ret); + return ret; } out: inode_unlock(inode); -- 2.20.1