X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=fs%2Fsync.c;h=2967562d416fb52e54a1af5840d0dc63c0d25cfb;hb=80bf272468a8b63f5550304363e55c1ba06c13db;hp=865f32be386eadfb4348bb5c048663b2488acd05;hpb=9db73724453a9350e1c22dbe732d427e2939a5c9;p=mv-sheeva.git

diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 865f32be386..2967562d416 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 	/* sync the superblock to buffers */
 	sb = inode->i_sb;
 	lock_super(sb);
-	if (sb->s_op->write_super)
+	if (sb->s_dirt && sb->s_op->write_super)
 		sb->s_op->write_super(sb);
 	unlock_super(sb);
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ long do_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
 	 * livelocks in fsync_buffers_list().
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
-	err = file->f_op->fsync(file, file->f_dentry, datasync);
+	err = file->f_op->fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, datasync);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = err;
 	mutex_unlock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fdatasync(unsigned int fd)
  * before performing the write.
  *
  * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE: initiate writeout of all those dirty pages in the
- * range which are not presently under writeback.
+ * range which are not presently under writeback. Note that this may block for
+ * significant periods due to exhaustion of disk request structures.
  *
  * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER: wait upon writeout of all pages in the range
  * after performing the write.
@@ -223,29 +224,35 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,
 	if (!file)
 		goto out;
 
-	i_mode = file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
+	i_mode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
 	ret = -ESPIPE;
 	if (!S_ISREG(i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(i_mode) &&
 			!S_ISLNK(i_mode))
 		goto out_put;
 
-	ret = do_sync_file_range(file, offset, endbyte, flags);
+	ret = do_sync_mapping_range(file->f_mapping, offset, endbyte, flags);
 out_put:
 	fput_light(file, fput_needed);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* It would be nice if people remember that not all the world's an i386
+   when they introduce new system calls */
+asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range2(int fd, unsigned int flags,
+				     loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes)
+{
+	return sys_sync_file_range(fd, offset, nbytes, flags);
+}
+
 /*
  * `endbyte' is inclusive
  */
-int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
-			unsigned int flags)
+int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t offset,
+			  loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct address_space *mapping;
 
-	mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	if (!mapping) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -275,4 +282,4 @@ int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_sync_file_range);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_sync_mapping_range);