The patch titled
reiserfs_fsync should only use barriers when they are enabled
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
reiserfs_fsync-should-only-use-barriers-when-they-are-enabled.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: reiserfs_fsync should only use barriers when they are enabled
From: Chris Mason <mason@xxxxxxxx>
make sure that reiserfs_fsync only triggers barriers when mounted with -o
barrier=flush
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
diff -puN fs/reiserfs/file.c~reiserfs_fsync-should-only-use-barriers-when-they-are-enabled fs/reiserfs/file.c
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c~reiserfs_fsync-should-only-use-barriers-when-they-are-enabled
+++ a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int reiserfs_sync_file(struct fil
reiserfs_write_lock(p_s_inode->i_sb);
barrier_done = reiserfs_commit_for_inode(p_s_inode);
reiserfs_write_unlock(p_s_inode->i_sb);
- if (barrier_done != 1)
+ if (barrier_done != 1 && reiserfs_barrier_flush(p_s_inode->i_sb))
blkdev_issue_flush(p_s_inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
if (barrier_done < 0)
return barrier_done;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mason@xxxxxxxx are
reiserfs-warn-about-the-useless-nolargeio-option.patch
make-reiserfs-default-to-barrier=flush.patch
make-ext3-mount-default-to-barrier=1.patch
reiserfs_fsync-should-only-use-barriers-when-they-are-enabled.patch
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