>From fdatasync(2): "fdatasync() is similar to fsync(), but does not flush modified metadata unless that metadata is needed in order to allow a subsequent data retrieval to be correctly handled." We absolutely need to commit the layouts to be able to retrieve the data in case either the client, the server or the storage subsystem go down. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c index 8de3407..464db9d 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c @@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ nfs4_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) break; mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); ret = nfs_file_fsync_commit(file, start, end, datasync); - if (!ret && !datasync) - /* application has asked for meta-data sync */ + if (!ret) ret = pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(inode, true); mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
