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
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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
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