Merge branch 'master' into next

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1a7c42c64ff..76fc4d594ac 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -381,10 +381,10 @@ static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
 	move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
 }
 
-static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync)
+static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
-		return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, sync);
+		return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ static int
 writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	int wait = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;
 	unsigned dirty;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
 		 * completed a full scan of b_io.
 		 */
-		if (!wait) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
 			requeue_io(inode);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -461,15 +460,20 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 
-	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
-	if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
-		int err = write_inode(inode, wait);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
+	 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
+	 * I/O completion.
+	 */
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
+		int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			ret = err;
 	}
 
-	if (wait) {
-		int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
+	if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
+		int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			ret = err;
 	}