Merge branch 'osync_cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6

* 'osync_cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6:
  fsync: wait for data writeout completion before calling ->fsync
  vfs: Remove generic_osync_inode() and sync_page_range{_nolock}()
  fat: Opencode sync_page_range_nolock()
  pohmelfs: Use new syncing helper
  xfs: Convert sync_page_range() to simple filemap_write_and_wait_range()
  ocfs2: Update syncing after splicing to match generic version
  ntfs: Use new syncing helpers and update comments
  ext4: Remove syncing logic from ext4_file_write
  ext3: Remove syncing logic from ext3_file_write
  ext2: Update comment about generic_osync_inode
  vfs: Introduce new helpers for syncing after writing to O_SYNC file or IS_SYNC inode
  vfs: Rename generic_file_aio_write_nolock
  ocfs2: Use __generic_file_aio_write instead of generic_file_aio_write_nolock
  pohmelfs: Use __generic_file_aio_write instead of generic_file_aio_write_nolock
  vfs: Remove syncing from generic_file_direct_write() and generic_file_buffered_write()
  vfs: Export __generic_file_aio_write() and add some comments
  vfs: Introduce filemap_fdatawait_range

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 51 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 27f3c5354c0..5ca3eca70a1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ static ssize_t
 ext4_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
-	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	ssize_t ret;
-	int err;
+	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
 	/*
 	 * If we have encountered a bitmap-format file, the size limit
@@ -81,53 +78,7 @@ ext4_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
-	/*
-	 * Skip flushing if there was an error, or if nothing was written.
-	 */
-	if (ret <= 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * If the inode is IS_SYNC, or is O_SYNC and we are doing data
-	 * journalling then we need to make sure that we force the transaction
-	 * to disk to keep all metadata uptodate synchronously.
-	 */
-	if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC) {
-		/*
-		 * If we are non-data-journaled, then the dirty data has
-		 * already been flushed to backing store by generic_osync_inode,
-		 * and the inode has been flushed too if there have been any
-		 * modifications other than mere timestamp updates.
-		 *
-		 * Open question --- do we care about flushing timestamps too
-		 * if the inode is IS_SYNC?
-		 */
-		if (!ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
-			return ret;
-
-		goto force_commit;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * So we know that there has been no forced data flush.  If the inode
-	 * is marked IS_SYNC, we need to force one ourselves.
-	 */
-	if (!IS_SYNC(inode))
-		return ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * Open question #2 --- should we force data to disk here too?  If we
-	 * don't, the only impact is that data=writeback filesystems won't
-	 * flush data to disk automatically on IS_SYNC, only metadata (but
-	 * historically, that is what ext2 has done.)
-	 */
-
-force_commit:
-	err = ext4_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-	return ret;
+	return generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
 }
 
 static struct vm_operations_struct ext4_file_vm_ops = {