From 1077b2d53ef53629c14106aecf633bebd286c04c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 12:44:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix fsync for non-directories Commit e360c6ed7274 ("ext4: Drop special handling of journalled data from ext4_sync_file()") simplified ext4_sync_file() by dropping special handling of journalled data mode as it was not needed anymore. However that branch was also used for directories and symlinks and since the fastcommit code does not track metadata changes to non-regular files, the change has caused e.g. fsync(2) on directories to not commit transaction as it should. Fix the problem by adding handling for non-regular files. Fixes: e360c6ed7274 ("ext4: Drop special handling of journalled data from ext4_sync_file()") Reported-by: Eric Whitney Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZFqO3xVnmhL7zv1x@debian-BULLSEYE-live-builder-AMD64 Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Tested-by: Eric Whitney Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524104453.8734-1-jack@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- fs/ext4/fsync.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c index f65fdb2..2a14320 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c +++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c @@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ static int ext4_fsync_journal(struct inode *inode, bool datasync, journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal; tid_t commit_tid = datasync ? ei->i_datasync_tid : ei->i_sync_tid; + /* + * Fastcommit does not really support fsync on directories or other + * special files. Force a full commit. + */ + if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) + return ext4_force_commit(inode->i_sb); + if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER && !jbd2_trans_will_send_data_barrier(journal, commit_tid)) *needs_barrier = true; -- 2.7.4