In order to wait syncing upper inodes we need to call wait_sb_inodes() in overlayfs' ->sync_fs. Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 3 ++- include/linux/writeback.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 149227160ff0..55dafdc72661 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -2365,7 +2365,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty); * completed by the time we have gained the lock and waited for all IO that is * in progress regardless of the order callers are granted the lock. */ -static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb) +void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb) { LIST_HEAD(sync_list); @@ -2449,6 +2449,7 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb) rcu_read_unlock(); mutex_unlock(&sb->s_sync_lock); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_sb_inodes); static void __writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr, enum wb_reason reason, bool skip_if_busy) diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index 8e5c5bb16e2d..53e826af33b6 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, enum wb_reason reason); void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode); void inode_io_list_del(struct inode *inode); +void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb); /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */ static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode) -- 2.26.2