NFS: nfs_inode_return_delegation() should always flush dirty data

The assumption is that if you are in a situation where you need to return the delegation, then you should probably stop caching the data anyway. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
git-mirror · May 8, 2012 · c57d1bc · c57d1bc
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diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ void nfs_inode_return_delegation_noreclaim(struct inode *inode)
  * nfs_inode_return_delegation - synchronously return a delegation
  * @inode: inode to process
  *
+ * This routine will always flush any dirty data to disk on the
+ * assumption that if we need to return the delegation, then
+ * we should stop caching.
+ *
  * Returns zero on success, or a negative errno value.
  */
 int nfs_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode)
@@ -389,10 +393,10 @@ int nfs_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode)
 	struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	nfs_wb_all(inode);
 	if (rcu_access_pointer(nfsi->delegation) != NULL) {
 		delegation = nfs_detach_delegation(nfsi, server);
 		if (delegation != NULL) {
-			nfs_wb_all(inode);
 			err = __nfs_inode_return_delegation(inode, delegation, 1);
 		}
 	}

diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.h b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static inline int nfs_have_delegation(struct inode *inode, fmode_t flags)
 
 static inline int nfs_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	nfs_wb_all(inode);
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
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     static inline int nfs_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode)
     {
+    	nfs_wb_all(inode);
     	return 0;
     }
     #endif
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