The patch titled ext2: also update the inode on disk when dir is IS_DIRSYNC has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ext2: also update the inode on disk when dir is IS_DIRSYNC From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> We used to just write changed page for IS_DIRSYNC inodes. But we also have to update the directory inode itself just for the case that we've allocated a new block and changed i_size. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/dir.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext2/dir.c~ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync fs/ext2/dir.c --- a/fs/ext2/dir.c~ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync +++ a/fs/ext2/dir.c @@ -94,11 +94,10 @@ static int ext2_commit_chunk(struct page i_size_write(dir, pos+len); mark_inode_dirty(dir); } + unlock_page(page); if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) - err = write_one_page(page, 1); - else - unlock_page(page); + err = ext2_sync_inode(dir); return err; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jack@xxxxxxx are linux-next.patch ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync.patch ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html