[PATCH] Fix and add EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait)
This patch add EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait) and use it.
See mm/filemap.c:
And changes the filemap_write_and_wait() and filemap_write_and_wait_range().
Current filemap_write_and_wait() doesn't wait if filemap_fdatawrite()
returns error. However, even if filemap_fdatawrite() returned an
error, it may have submitted the partially data pages to the device.
(e.g. in the case of -ENOSPC)
<quotation>
Andrew Morton writes,
If filemap_fdatawrite() returns an error, this might be due to some
I/O problem: dead disk, unplugged cable, etc. Given the generally
crappy quality of the kernel's handling of such exceptions, there's a
good chance that the filemap_fdatawait() will get stuck in D state
forever.
</quotation>
So, this patch doesn't wait if filemap_fdatawrite() returns the -EIO.
Trond, could you please review the nfs part? Especially I'm not sure,
nfs must use the "filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping) == 0", or not.
Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index e7bd0d9..3e4ba9c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -644,10 +644,7 @@
if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
return 0;
unmap_mapping_range(mapping, 0, 0, 0);
- ret = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
- if (ret != 0)
- goto out;
- ret = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+ ret = filemap_write_and_wait(mapping);
if (ret != 0)
goto out;
ret = nfs_wb_all(mapping->host);
@@ -864,8 +861,7 @@
nfs_begin_data_update(inode);
/* Write all dirty data if we're changing file permissions or size */
if ((attr->ia_valid & (ATTR_MODE|ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID|ATTR_SIZE)) != 0) {
- if (filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping) == 0)
- filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
+ filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
nfs_wb_all(inode);
}
/*