The patch titled ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync-fix.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-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync-fix From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> still sync the data page Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/dir.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext2/dir.c~ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync-fix fs/ext2/dir.c --- a/fs/ext2/dir.c~ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync-fix +++ a/fs/ext2/dir.c @@ -94,10 +94,14 @@ 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 = ext2_sync_inode(dir); + if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) { + err = write_one_page(page, 1); + if (err == 0) + err = ext2_sync_inode(dir); + } else { + unlock_page(page); + } return err; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch alpha-fix-vmalloc-breakage-fix.patch hp_accel-do-not-call-acpi-from-invalid-context-fix.patch revert-mm-vmalloc-use-mutex-for-purge.patch i-need-old-gcc.patch mm-remove-the-might_sleep-from-lock_page.patch linux-next.patch next-remove-localversion.patch thinkpad-acpi-split-delayed-leds-stuff-clean-up-code-checkpatch-fixes.patch clocksource-pass-clocksource-to-read-callback.patch pci-quirks-unhide-overflow-device-on-i828675p-pe-chipsets.patch kernel-trace-ring_bufferc-reduce-inlining.patch kernel-trace-ring_bufferc-use-div_round_up.patch raw-fix-rawctl-compat-ioctls-breakage-on-amd64-and-itanic.patch ext2-update-also-inode-on-disk-when-dir-is-is_dirsync-fix.patch scsi-dpt_i2o-is-bust-on-ia64.patch page_fault-retry-with-nopage_retry.patch page_fault-retry-with-nopage_retry-fix-3-fix.patch mm-add-proc-controls-for-pdflush-threads-fix.patch mm-add-proc-controls-for-pdflush-threads-fix-fix.patch nommu-fix-a-number-of-issues-with-the-per-mm-vma-patch.patch rtc-cumulative-style-fixes-fix.patch nilfs2-integrated-block-mapping-remove-nilfs-bmap-wrapper-macros-checkpatch-fixes.patch nilfs2-inode-operations-fix.patch nilfs2-pathname-operations-fix.patch nilfs2-super-block-operations-fix.patch reiser4.patch reiser4-remove-simple_prepare_write-usage-checkpatch-fixes.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch put_bh-debug.patch shrink_slab-handle-bad-shrinkers.patch getblk-handle-2tb-devices.patch getblk-handle-2tb-devices-fix.patch undeprecate-pci_find_device.patch notify_change-callers-must-hold-i_mutex.patch drivers-net-bonding-bond_sysfsc-suppress-uninitialized-var-warning.patch w1-build-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