For filesystems such as nilfs2 and xfs that use block_page_mkwrite, modify that function to wait for pending writeback before allowing the page to become writable. This is needed to stabilize pages during writeback for those two filesystems. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/buffer.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 698c6b2..49c9aad 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -2382,6 +2382,7 @@ int __block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf, ret = -EAGAIN; goto out_unlock; } + wait_on_page_writeback(page); return 0; out_unlock: unlock_page(page); -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>