NFS: Ensure inode is always marked I_DIRTY_DATASYNC, if it has unstable pages
Since nfs_scan_list() doesn't wait for locked pages, we have a race in
which it is possible to end up with an inode that needs to send a COMMIT,
but which does not have the I_DIRTY_DATASYNC flag set.
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 704e67d..e40e949 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -582,6 +582,8 @@
ret = nfs_scan_list(nfsi, dst, idx_start, npages, NFS_PAGE_TAG_COMMIT);
if (ret > 0)
nfsi->ncommit -= ret;
+ if (nfs_need_commit(NFS_I(inode)))
+ __mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
return ret;
}
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