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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2010-05-06 10:56:07 +1000
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2010-05-06 10:56:07 +1000
commit0ffbe2699cda6afbe08501098dff8a8c2fe6ae09 (patch)
tree81b1a2305d16c873371b65c5a863c0268036cefe /fs/block_dev.c
parent4e5d6f7ec3833c0da9cf34fa5c53c6058c5908b6 (diff)
parent7ebd467551ed6ae200d7835a84bbda0dcadaa511 (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/block_dev.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/block_dev.c22
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index d11d028..6dcee88 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -404,20 +404,28 @@ static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
* NULL first argument is nfsd_sync_dir() and that's not a directory.
*/
-static int block_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
{
- struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(filp->f_mapping->host);
+ struct inode *bd_inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
+ struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bd_inode);
int error;
- error = sync_blockdev(bdev);
- if (error)
- return error;
-
+ /*
+ * There is no need to serialise calls to blkdev_issue_flush with
+ * i_mutex and doing so causes performance issues with concurrent
+ * O_SYNC writers to a block device.
+ */
+ mutex_unlock(&bd_inode->i_mutex);
+
error = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, NULL);
if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
error = 0;
+
+ mutex_lock(&bd_inode->i_mutex);
+
return error;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_fsync);
/*
* pseudo-fs
@@ -1481,7 +1489,7 @@ const struct file_operations def_blk_fops = {
.aio_read = generic_file_aio_read,
.aio_write = blkdev_aio_write,
.mmap = generic_file_mmap,
- .fsync = block_fsync,
+ .fsync = blkdev_fsync,
.unlocked_ioctl = block_ioctl,
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
.compat_ioctl = compat_blkdev_ioctl,
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