From: Chris Mason reiserfs should use mark_inode_dirty during reiserfs_file_write and reiserfs_commit_write. This makes sure the inode is properly flagged as dirty, which is used during O_SYNC to decide when to trigger log commits. This patch also removes the O_SYNC check from reiserfs_commit_write, since that gets dealt with properly at higher layers once we start using mark_inode_dirty. Thanks to Hifumi Hisashi for catching this. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/reiserfs/file.c | 11 ++++++----- fs/reiserfs/inode.c | 16 +++++++--------- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/reiserfs/file.c~reiserfs_file_write-should-mark-inodes-dirty fs/reiserfs/file.c --- devel/fs/reiserfs/file.c~reiserfs_file_write-should-mark-inodes-dirty 2005-09-11 18:30:03.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/fs/reiserfs/file.c 2005-09-11 18:30:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static int reiserfs_allocate_blocks_for_ if (th->t_trans_id) { int err; // update any changes we made to blk count - reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode); + mark_inode_dirty(inode); err = journal_end(th, inode->i_sb, JOURNAL_PER_BALANCE_CNT * 3 + 1 + @@ -855,17 +855,18 @@ static int reiserfs_submit_file_region_f if (th->t_trans_id) { reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); - reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode); // And update on-disk metadata + // this sets the proper flags for O_SYNC to trigger a commit + mark_inode_dirty(inode); reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb); } else - inode->i_sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode); + mark_inode_dirty(inode); sd_update = 1; } if (th->t_trans_id) { reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); if (!sd_update) - reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode); + mark_inode_dirty(inode); status = journal_end(th, th->t_super, th->t_blocks_allocated); if (status) retval = status; @@ -1320,7 +1321,7 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_file_write(struc return err; } reiserfs_update_inode_transaction(inode); - reiserfs_update_sd(&th, inode); + mark_inode_dirty(inode); err = journal_end(&th, inode->i_sb, 1); if (err) { reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb); diff -puN fs/reiserfs/inode.c~reiserfs_file_write-should-mark-inodes-dirty fs/reiserfs/inode.c --- devel/fs/reiserfs/inode.c~reiserfs_file_write-should-mark-inodes-dirty 2005-09-11 18:30:03.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/fs/reiserfs/inode.c 2005-09-11 18:30:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -2639,6 +2639,12 @@ static int reiserfs_commit_write(struct } reiserfs_update_inode_transaction(inode); inode->i_size = pos; + /* + * this will just nest into our transaction. It's important + * to use mark_inode_dirty so the inode gets pushed around on the + * dirty lists, and so that O_SYNC works as expected + */ + mark_inode_dirty(inode); reiserfs_update_sd(&myth, inode); update_sd = 1; ret = journal_end(&myth, inode->i_sb, 1); @@ -2649,21 +2655,13 @@ static int reiserfs_commit_write(struct if (th) { reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); if (!update_sd) - reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode); + mark_inode_dirty(inode); ret = reiserfs_end_persistent_transaction(th); reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb); if (ret) goto out; } - /* we test for O_SYNC here so we can commit the transaction - ** for any packed tails the file might have had - */ - if (f && (f->f_flags & O_SYNC)) { - reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); - ret = reiserfs_commit_for_inode(inode); - reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb); - } out: return ret; _