Implement overlayfs' ->writepages operation so that we can sync dirty data/metadata to upper filesystem. If writeback mode is sync_mode we add overlayfs inode to extra syncfs wait list so that we can wait completion in ->syncfs. Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c index b584dca845ba..1f5cbbc60b28 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/posix_acl.h> #include <linux/ratelimit.h> #include <linux/fiemap.h> +#include <linux/writeback.h> #include "overlayfs.h" @@ -516,7 +517,30 @@ static const struct inode_operations ovl_special_inode_operations = { .update_time = ovl_update_time, }; +static int ovl_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, + struct writeback_control *wbc) +{ + struct inode *inode = mapping->host; + struct ovl_fs *ofs = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info; + struct inode *upper = ovl_inode_upper(inode); + int ret; + + if (!ovl_should_sync(ofs)) + return 0; + ret = sync_inode(upper, wbc); + if (!ret && wbc->for_sync == 1) { + spin_lock(&ofs->syncfs_wait_list_lock); + if (list_empty(&OVL_I(inode)->wait_list)) + list_add_tail(&OVL_I(inode)->wait_list, + &ofs->syncfs_wait_list); + spin_unlock(&ofs->syncfs_wait_list_lock); + } + + return ret; +} + static const struct address_space_operations ovl_aops = { + .writepages = ovl_writepages, /* For O_DIRECT dentry_open() checks f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO */ .direct_IO = noop_direct_IO, }; -- 2.26.2