From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> There is a logic inversion in xfssyncd_worker() which means that the log is not periodically forced or idled correctly. This means that metadata changes aggregated in memory do not get flushed in a timely manner, and hence if filesystem is not cleanly unmounted those changes can be lost. This loss can manifest itself even hours after the changes were made if the filesystem is left to idle without a sync() occurring between the last modification and the crash/shutdown occuring. cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.7, 3.6, 3.5 Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) If people agree the fix is correct, I'll post it to the -stable list for inclusion... diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c index 9500caf..7bf85e8 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.c @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ xfs_sync_worker( * cancel_delayed_work_sync on this work queue before tearing down * the ail and the log in xfs_log_unmount. */ - if (!(mp->m_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) && + if ((mp->m_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) && !(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_RDONLY)) { /* dgc: errors ignored here */ if (mp->m_super->s_writers.frozen == SB_UNFROZEN && _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs