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diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index a1844244246..88e3e00e2ec 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
* Library for filesystems writers.
*/
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -923,16 +924,19 @@ struct dentry *generic_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_fh_to_parent);
/**
- * generic_file_fsync - generic fsync implementation for simple filesystems
+ * __generic_file_fsync - generic fsync implementation for simple filesystems
+ *
* @file: file to synchronize
+ * @start: start offset in bytes
+ * @end: end offset in bytes (inclusive)
* @datasync: only synchronize essential metadata if true
*
* This is a generic implementation of the fsync method for simple
* filesystems which track all non-inode metadata in the buffers list
* hanging off the address_space structure.
*/
-int generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
- int datasync)
+int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+ int datasync)
{
struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
int err;
@@ -952,10 +956,34 @@ int generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
err = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
if (ret == 0)
ret = err;
+
out:
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
return ret;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__generic_file_fsync);
+
+/**
+ * generic_file_fsync - generic fsync implementation for simple filesystems
+ * with flush
+ * @file: file to synchronize
+ * @start: start offset in bytes
+ * @end: end offset in bytes (inclusive)
+ * @datasync: only synchronize essential metadata if true
+ *
+ */
+
+int generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
+ int datasync)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+ int err;
+
+ err = __generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ return blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_fsync);
/**