From f7ab34ea723ed304b19698efca85d6f40cecd99b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 01:34:35 -0400 Subject: ext3: Add replace-on-truncate hueristics for data=writeback mode In data=writeback mode, start an asynchronous flush when closing a file which had been previously truncated down to zero. This lowers the probability of data loss in the case of applications that attempt to replace a file using truncate. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext3/inode.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/ext3/inode.c') diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c index 5fa453b49a6..0f5bca0d82f 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c @@ -2346,6 +2346,9 @@ void ext3_truncate(struct inode *inode) if (!ext3_can_truncate(inode)) return; + if (inode->i_size == 0 && ext3_should_writeback_data(inode)) + ei->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE; + /* * We have to lock the EOF page here, because lock_page() nests * outside journal_start(). -- cgit v1.2.3