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| author | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2009-04-03 01:34:49 -0400 |
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| committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2009-04-03 01:34:49 -0400 |
| commit | e7c8f5079ed9ec9e6eb1abe3defc5fb4ebfdf1cb (patch) | |
| tree | fd0191b45890e37b5e20a2d7e200d34a6432eb7e /fs | |
| parent | f7ab34ea723ed304b19698efca85d6f40cecd99b (diff) | |
| download | linux-e7c8f5079ed9ec9e6eb1abe3defc5fb4ebfdf1cb.tar.bz2 | |
ext3: Add replace-on-rename hueristics for data=writeback mode
In data=writeback mode, start an asynchronous flush when renaming a
file on top of an already-existing file. This lowers the probability
of data loss in the case of applications that attempt to replace a
file via using rename().
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext3/namei.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c index 4db4ffa1edad..ab98a66ab8c7 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c @@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode * old_inode, * new_inode; struct buffer_head * old_bh, * new_bh, * dir_bh; struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * old_de, * new_de; - int retval; + int retval, flush_file = 0; old_bh = new_bh = dir_bh = NULL; @@ -2401,6 +2401,8 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_inode); if (!new_inode->i_nlink) ext3_orphan_add(handle, new_inode); + if (ext3_should_writeback_data(new_inode)) + flush_file = 1; } retval = 0; @@ -2409,6 +2411,8 @@ end_rename: brelse (old_bh); brelse (new_bh); ext3_journal_stop(handle); + if (retval == 0 && flush_file) + filemap_flush(old_inode->i_mapping); return retval; } |