This is the logic behavior and one that we would like to verify using a generic fstest similar to xfs/546. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/fstests/20240830152648.GE6216@frogsfrogsfrogs/ Suggested-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- Ted, Please see the discussion about moving test xfs/546 to generic. WDYT? Thanks, Amir. fs/ext4/super.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index e72145c4ae5a..b9cf18819e11 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -6279,7 +6279,7 @@ static int ext4_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait) struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb); if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(sb))) - return 0; + return -EIO; trace_ext4_sync_fs(sb, wait); flush_workqueue(sbi->rsv_conversion_wq); -- 2.34.1