From: Theodore Ts'o Subject: [PATCH 2/4] ext3: Use WRITE_SYNC for commits which are caused by fsync() Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 03:01:05 -0400 Message-ID: <1238742067-30814-3-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> References: <1238742067-30814-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1238742067-30814-2-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Linux Kernel Developers List , Ext4 Developers List , Theodore Ts'o To: torvalds@linuxfoundation.org Return-path: Received: from thunk.org ([69.25.196.29]:36446 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751334AbZDCHBL (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Apr 2009 03:01:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1238742067-30814-2-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: If a commit is triggered by fsync(), set a flag indicating the journal blocks associated with the transaction should be flushed out using WRITE_SYNC. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Acked-by: Jan Kara --- fs/jbd/commit.c | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- fs/jbd/transaction.c | 2 ++ include/linux/jbd.h | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c index 3fbffb1..f8077b9 100644 --- a/fs/jbd/commit.c +++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include /* * Default IO end handler for temporary BJ_IO buffer_heads. @@ -171,14 +172,15 @@ static int journal_write_commit_record(journal_t *journal, return (ret == -EIO); } -static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs) +static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs, + int write_op) { int i; for (i = 0; i < bufs; i++) { wbuf[i]->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync; /* We use-up our safety reference in submit_bh() */ - submit_bh(WRITE, wbuf[i]); + submit_bh(write_op, wbuf[i]); } } @@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs) * Submit all the data buffers to disk */ static int journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal, - transaction_t *commit_transaction) + transaction_t *commit_transaction, + int write_op) { struct journal_head *jh; struct buffer_head *bh; @@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ write_out_data: BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "needs blocking lock"); spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock); /* Write out all data to prevent deadlocks */ - journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs); + journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs, write_op); bufs = 0; lock_buffer(bh); spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock); @@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ write_out_data: jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh); if (bufs == journal->j_wbufsize) { spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock); - journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs); + journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs, write_op); bufs = 0; goto write_out_data; } @@ -286,7 +289,7 @@ write_out_data: } } spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock); - journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs); + journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs, write_op); return err; } @@ -315,6 +318,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal) int first_tag = 0; int tag_flag; int i; + int write_op = WRITE; /* * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for @@ -347,6 +351,8 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal) spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock); commit_transaction->t_state = T_LOCKED; + if (commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit) + write_op = WRITE_SYNC; spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock); while (commit_transaction->t_updates) { DEFINE_WAIT(wait); @@ -431,7 +437,8 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal) * Now start flushing things to disk, in the order they appear * on the transaction lists. Data blocks go first. */ - err = journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction); + err = journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction, + write_op); /* * Wait for all previously submitted IO to complete. @@ -660,7 +667,7 @@ start_journal_io: clear_buffer_dirty(bh); set_buffer_uptodate(bh); bh->b_end_io = journal_end_buffer_io_sync; - submit_bh(WRITE, bh); + submit_bh(write_op, bh); } cond_resched(); diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c index e6a1174..ed886e6 100644 --- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c +++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c @@ -1440,6 +1440,8 @@ int journal_stop(handle_t *handle) } } + if (handle->h_sync) + transaction->t_synchronous_commit = 1; current->journal_info = NULL; spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock); spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock); diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h index 64246dc..2c69431 100644 --- a/include/linux/jbd.h +++ b/include/linux/jbd.h @@ -552,6 +552,11 @@ struct transaction_s */ int t_handle_count; + /* + * This transaction is being forced and some process is + * waiting for it to finish. + */ + int t_synchronous_commit:1; }; /** -- 1.5.6.3