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1 files changed, 37 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 2967562d416..0921d6d4b5e 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -75,14 +75,39 @@ int file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
return ret;
}
-long do_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
+/**
+ * vfs_fsync - perform a fsync or fdatasync on a file
+ * @file: file to sync
+ * @dentry: dentry of @file
+ * @data: only perform a fdatasync operation
+ *
+ * Write back data and metadata for @file to disk. If @datasync is
+ * set only metadata needed to access modified file data is written.
+ *
+ * In case this function is called from nfsd @file may be %NULL and
+ * only @dentry is set. This can only happen when the filesystem
+ * implements the export_operations API.
+ */
+int vfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
{
- int ret;
- int err;
- struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+ const struct file_operations *fop;
+ struct address_space *mapping;
+ int err, ret;
+
+ /*
+ * Get mapping and operations from the file in case we have
+ * as file, or get the default values for them in case we
+ * don't have a struct file available. Damn nfsd..
+ */
+ if (file) {
+ mapping = file->f_mapping;
+ fop = file->f_op;
+ } else {
+ mapping = dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+ fop = dentry->d_inode->i_fop;
+ }
- if (!file->f_op || !file->f_op->fsync) {
- /* Why? We can still call filemap_fdatawrite */
+ if (!fop || !fop->fsync) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
@@ -94,7 +119,7 @@ long do_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
* livelocks in fsync_buffers_list().
*/
mutex_lock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
- err = file->f_op->fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, datasync);
+ err = fop->fsync(file, dentry, datasync);
if (!ret)
ret = err;
mutex_unlock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
@@ -104,15 +129,16 @@ long do_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
out:
return ret;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_fsync);
-static long __do_fsync(unsigned int fd, int datasync)
+static int do_fsync(unsigned int fd, int datasync)
{
struct file *file;
int ret = -EBADF;
file = fget(fd);
if (file) {
- ret = do_fsync(file, datasync);
+ ret = vfs_fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, datasync);
fput(file);
}
return ret;
@@ -120,12 +146,12 @@ static long __do_fsync(unsigned int fd, int datasync)
asmlinkage long sys_fsync(unsigned int fd)
{
- return __do_fsync(fd, 0);
+ return do_fsync(fd, 0);
}
asmlinkage long sys_fdatasync(unsigned int fd)
{
- return __do_fsync(fd, 1);
+ return do_fsync(fd, 1);
}
/*