Add a ->sync_fs method for data integrity syncs, and reimplement ->write_super ontop of it. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Index: vfs-2.6/fs/sysv/inode.c =================================================================== --- vfs-2.6.orig/fs/sysv/inode.c 2009-06-05 16:25:55.677939770 +0200 +++ vfs-2.6/fs/sysv/inode.c 2009-06-05 16:27:30.132939652 +0200 @@ -31,16 +31,13 @@ #include <asm/byteorder.h> #include "sysv.h" -/* This is only called on sync() and umount(), when s_dirt=1. */ -static void sysv_write_super(struct super_block *sb) +static int sysv_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait) { struct sysv_sb_info *sbi = SYSV_SB(sb); unsigned long time = get_seconds(), old_time; lock_super(sb); lock_kernel(); - if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) - goto clean; /* * If we are going to write out the super block, @@ -54,10 +51,19 @@ static void sysv_write_super(struct supe *sbi->s_sb_time = cpu_to_fs32(sbi, time); mark_buffer_dirty(sbi->s_bh2); } -clean: - sb->s_dirt = 0; + unlock_kernel(); unlock_super(sb); + + return 0; +} + +static void sysv_write_super(struct super_block *sb) +{ + if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) + sysv_sync_fs(sb, 1); + else + sb->s_dirt = 0; } static int sysv_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data) @@ -358,6 +364,7 @@ const struct super_operations sysv_sops .delete_inode = sysv_delete_inode, .put_super = sysv_put_super, .write_super = sysv_write_super, + .sync_fs = sysv_sync_fs, .remount_fs = sysv_remount, .statfs = sysv_statfs, }; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html