4.11-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
commit 0f0b9b63e14fc3f66e4d342df016c9b071c5abed upstream.
Commit b685d3d65ac7 "block: treat REQ_FUA and REQ_PREFLUSH as
synchronous" removed REQ_SYNC flag from WRITE_{FUA|PREFLUSH|...}
definitions. generic_make_request_checks() however strips REQ_FUA and
REQ_PREFLUSH flags from a bio when the storage doesn't report volatile
write cache and thus write effectively becomes asynchronous which can
lead to performance regressions
Fix the problem by making sure all bios which are synchronous are
properly marked with REQ_SYNC.
Fixes: b685d3d65ac791406e0dfd8779cc9b3707fea5a3
CC: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: cluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/gfs2/log.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static void log_write_header(struct gfs2
struct gfs2_log_header *lh;
unsigned int tail;
u32 hash;
- int op_flags = REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA | REQ_META;
+ int op_flags = REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA | REQ_META | REQ_SYNC;
struct page *page = mempool_alloc(gfs2_page_pool, GFP_NOIO);
enum gfs2_freeze_state state = atomic_read(&sdp->sd_freeze_state);
lh = page_address(page);