---

yaml
---
r: 167174
b: refs/heads/master
c: dce5065
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 932640e8adaff3d0c28ee32d4863c7a7a74df055
+refs/heads/master: dce5065a57c158e0ca5db8e63c50118b2ecf4ac5

trunk/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c

@@ -309,11 +309,15 @@ xfs_sync_attr(
 STATIC int
 xfs_commit_dummy_trans(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	uint			log_flags)
+	uint			flags)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = mp->m_rootip;
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
 	int			error;
+	int			log_flags = XFS_LOG_FORCE;
+
+	if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
+		log_flags |= XFS_LOG_SYNC;
 
 	/*
 	 * Put a dummy transaction in the log to tell recovery
@@ -331,13 +335,12 @@ xfs_commit_dummy_trans(
 	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-	/* XXX(hch): ignoring the error here.. */
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
+	/* the log force ensures this transaction is pushed to disk */
 	xfs_log_force(mp, 0, log_flags);
-	return 0;
+	return error;
 }
 
 int
@@ -385,7 +388,20 @@ xfs_sync_fsdata(
 	else
 		XFS_BUF_ASYNC(bp);
 
-	return xfs_bwrite(mp, bp);
+	error = xfs_bwrite(mp, bp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	/*
+	 * If this is a data integrity sync make sure all pending buffers
+	 * are flushed out for the log coverage check below.
+	 */
+	if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
+		xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 1);
+
+	if (xfs_log_need_covered(mp))
+		error = xfs_commit_dummy_trans(mp, flags);
+	return error;
 
  out_brelse:
 	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
@@ -572,8 +588,6 @@ xfs_sync_worker(
 		/* dgc: errors ignored here */
 		error = xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
 		error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
-		if (xfs_log_need_covered(mp))
-			error = xfs_commit_dummy_trans(mp, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
 	}
 	mp->m_sync_seq++;
 	wake_up(&mp->m_wait_single_sync_task);