[PATCH] Fix the error handling in direct I/O
Fix a bug on error handling in the direct I/O function.
Currently, if a file is opened with the O_DIRECT|O_SYNC flag, the write()
syscall cannot receive the EIO error after an I/O error (SCSI cable is
disconnected etc.).
Return values of other points that call generic_osync_inode() are treated
appropriately.
Signed-off-by: Hisashi Hifumi <hifumi.hisashi@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 7332194..b573607 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1851,8 +1851,11 @@
* i_sem is held, which protects generic_osync_inode() from
* livelocking.
*/
- if (written >= 0 && file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
- generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping, OSYNC_METADATA);
+ if (written >= 0 && ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
+ int err = generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping, OSYNC_METADATA);
+ if (err < 0)
+ written = err;
+ }
if (written == count && !is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
written = -EIOCBQUEUED;
return written;