[PATCH 2/2] replace ext2_sync_inode() with sync_inode_wodata( (Re:[PATCH 2/2][FAT] miss-sync issues on sync mount (miss-sync on utime))

From: Machida, Hiroyuki
Date: Thu Sep 29 2005 - 12:52:38 EST


This patch replaces ext2_sync_inode() with sync_inode_wodata(), which is
introduced by fs-sync-attr.patch attached at
"[PATCH 1/2] miss-sync changes on attributes"

Machida, Hiroyuki wrote:

I revise a previous patch. Now checking dirty flag is done
at vfs layer, as OGAWA-san said. I realized ext2_sync_inode()
is good for syncing inode without it's data. I moved it to vfs layer
and rename it to sync_inode_wodata().

The first patch attached here is changes on vfs layer.
Second patch attached at the next mail is changes on ext2 fs.


OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:

"Machida, Hiroyuki" <machida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


+ if ( (!error) && IS_SYNC(inode)) {
+ error = write_inode_now(inode, 1);
+ }



We don't need to sync the data pages at all here. And I think it is
not right place for doing this. If we need this, since we need to see
O_SYNC for fchxxx() VFS would be right place to do it.

But, personally, I'd like to kill the "-o sync" stuff for these
independent meta data rather. Then...



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--
Hiroyuki Machida machida@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


This patch replaces ext2_sync_inode() with sync_inode_wodata().

* ext2-inode-sync.patch for 2.6.13

ext2.h | 1 -
fsync.c | 2 +-
inode.c | 11 +----------
xattr.c | 2 +-

Signed-off-by: Hiroyuki Machida <machdia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.13/fs/ext2/ext2.h 2005-08-29 08:41:01.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.13-sync-attr/fs/ext2/ext2.h 2005-09-29 12:56:15.942213423 +0900
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ extern void ext2_read_inode (struct inod
extern int ext2_write_inode (struct inode *, int);
extern void ext2_put_inode (struct inode *);
extern void ext2_delete_inode (struct inode *);
-extern int ext2_sync_inode (struct inode *);
extern void ext2_discard_prealloc (struct inode *);
extern int ext2_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
extern void ext2_truncate (struct inode *);
diff -upr linux-2.6.13/fs/ext2/fsync.c linux-2.6.13-sync-attr/fs/ext2/fsync.c
--- linux-2.6.13/fs/ext2/fsync.c 2005-08-29 08:41:01.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.13-sync-attr/fs/ext2/fsync.c 2005-09-30 01:31:54.492518751 +0900
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int ext2_sync_file(struct file *file, st
if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
return ret;

- err = ext2_sync_inode(inode);
+ err = sync_inode_wodata(inode);
if (ret == 0)
ret = err;
return ret;
diff -upr linux-2.6.13/fs/ext2/inode.c linux-2.6.13-sync-attr/fs/ext2/inode.c
--- linux-2.6.13/fs/ext2/inode.c 2005-08-29 08:41:01.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.13-sync-attr/fs/ext2/inode.c 2005-09-30 01:30:32.750569279 +0900
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ do_indirects:
inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
if (inode_needs_sync(inode)) {
sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
- ext2_sync_inode (inode);
+ sync_inode_wodata(inode);
} else {
mark_inode_dirty(inode);
}
@@ -1282,15 +1282,6 @@ int ext2_write_inode(struct inode *inode
return ext2_update_inode(inode, wait);
}

-int ext2_sync_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
- struct writeback_control wbc = {
- .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
- .nr_to_write = 0, /* sys_fsync did this */
- };
- return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
-}
-
int ext2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
{
struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
diff -upr linux-2.6.13/fs/ext2/xattr.c linux-2.6.13-sync-attr/fs/ext2/xattr.c
--- linux-2.6.13/fs/ext2/xattr.c 2005-08-29 08:41:01.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.13-sync-attr/fs/ext2/xattr.c 2005-09-30 01:30:43.070815408 +0900
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, str
EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl = new_bh ? new_bh->b_blocknr : 0;
inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
if (IS_SYNC(inode)) {
- error = ext2_sync_inode (inode);
+ error = sync_inode_wodata(inode);
/* In case sync failed due to ENOSPC the inode was actually
* written (only some dirty data were not) so we just proceed
* as if nothing happened and cleanup the unused block */